The Lord Gives and the Lord Takes Away, Blessed Be the Name of the Lord: A Study in Divine Providence and the Call to Worship

Introduction: The Crisis of Circumstantial Faith The messenger's words cut through Job's world like a blade. In rapid succession came the reports: the Sabeans had stolen his oxen and donkeys, lightning had consumed his sheep, Chaldean raiders had taken his camels, and—most devastating of all—a great wind had collapsed the house where his children feasted, … Continue reading The Lord Gives and the Lord Takes Away, Blessed Be the Name of the Lord: A Study in Divine Providence and the Call to Worship

How Love of Truth Serves Love of Neighbor: The Gentle Tragedy of Limitless Acceptance

There is an irony present in our age’s most cherished virtue of acceptance. The contemporary insistence that we must embrace all perspectives with equal warmth, while born from the noblest of intentions, carries within itself the seeds of its own undoing. Like a garden where every plant is welcomed without discrimination, the landscape of universal … Continue reading How Love of Truth Serves Love of Neighbor: The Gentle Tragedy of Limitless Acceptance

Satan: Created or Uncreated? A Biblical and Theological Investigation

The question of Satan’s ontological status strikes at the foundation of biblical monotheism: either Satan exists as an uncreated, eternal principle alongside God, or he stands as a finite creature under divine sovereignty. The first path leads to metaphysical dualism and the second preserves God’s absolute supremacy and the coherence of creation ex nihilo. This … Continue reading Satan: Created or Uncreated? A Biblical and Theological Investigation