Sanctiphobia is the justified fear that if pastors teach their people to live holy lives, they will begin to take credit for the work God has done in their lives. They commit the Galatian heresy; they fall from grace. (Gal. 3:16) One of the best antidotes for this plagiarism is a document from the Council…
God is always everywhere.
God transcends space and time and He is immanent in space and time. In space He is present everywhere. In time He is always present in the past, present and future. He is before the time in which creation exists, and He is in time. God did not create time because time is part of…
Faith in the Context of God’s Sovereignty & God’s Responsiveness
God is sovereign, but He is also free and responsive. Overstressing God’s sovereignty can undermine prayer and evangelism, and it often results in fatalism. Overstressing God’s responsiveness undermines God’s immutability, His knowledge of the future, and it makes God a puppet. It can result in man’s faith becoming a god, an idol. Just as important…