Michael Horton

This question is a struggle for so many. It’s important to keep in mind that there is a distinction—a very important distinction—between God's active decree and his permissive decree.

When we look to the Scriptures, Paul makes it clear that there's a distinction between the foundation-laying era of the apostles, and the era of building on that foundation.

There have been different views by Bible-believing Christians on what happens to our souls after we die. The majority view of Christians—I think for good reason—is that we’re conscious. “To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord,” the apostle Paul tells us in 2 Corinthians five.

The glad tidings of Genesis 3:15—namely, that God will give Eve an offspring who will crush the serpent's head—creates faith. Yet it also initiates a war between the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent that will become the story behind all of the stories in the Bible.

“Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?”

Christians can be demon oppressed, but never demon possessed. In the Gospels, wherever Jesus goes, he casts out demons. The demons just really came out of the woodwork with Jesus' ministry. Because the Empire of Satan focused...

True faith always bears the fruit of love and good works. You can’t be united to Christ for justification and not also for sanctification.

"Nevertheless, I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away. For if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you but if I go, I will send him to you”(John 16:7). What could be so wonderful that it actually justifies Jesus leaving?

One of the treasures of worship in the Christian church is the Psalter: one hundred and fifty inspired songs, many of them written by David.

Why Christians have an obligation to pray for their cities.

The other day, a skeptic asked me, “How can you believe in a God who would command the slaughter of innocent people in the Old Testament?”

For nearly two millennia, creeds, confessions, and catechisms have provided the necessary constraints against ignorance and instability. But if they aren't infallible, why even use them?