Articles

by Subject

Abortion:

• “Embryos – Are they Human? What’s in the fridge?”

Angels:

• “Angels” Nelson

Anger:

• “Steps to Handling our Anger” Nelson
• “Admitting and Analyzing my Anger” Nelson
• “Forgiveness – A Plan” Nelson

Arminianism (see “Calvinism”)

Assurance (see “perseverance”)

Atonement (see also “salvation”)

• “The Atonement”

• “The Doctrines of Grace”

Backsliding (see Perseverance)

Baptism (See also Sacraments and Child Dedication)

• “Baptism as the First Act of Obedience”
• “Is Baptism Necessary – A Conversation”
• “Baptism – Holy Water?”
• “When Your Child wants to be Baptized”
• “Baptism – Westminster Confession of Faith”

Bible:

• “The Biblical Metanarrative”

Calvinism/Arminianism:

• “Calvinism, Arminianism a Comparison”
• “Why Did Arminianism Win?”

Carnal Christians:

• “Carnal Christian”

Children:

• “Praying for the Salvation of your Children”, Spurgeon and Nelson
• “Children and the Lord’s Supper” , Michael

Child Dedication:

• “Child Dedication” Nelson
• “Grandparent Dedication of Children” Nelson

Christ: See “Jesus”

Church:

• ‘The Importance of Church History”
• “Church – Why Bother? “ Nelson
• “The Purpose of the Church” Nelson
• “The Centrality of the Gospel” Keller
• “A Church Leadership Model”
• “Christian Liberty – A Sermon” Nelson
• “Public Prayer” MacDonald
• “The Effectual Fervent Prayer of Moses” Roberts

Church Discipline:

• “Church Discipline – A Policy”

Church History (see History)

Citizenship:

Communion (see “The Lord’s Supper “)

Community (see Fellowship)

Compassion:

• “A Case for Helping the Working-Poor”, Warden
  

Contentment:

• “The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment”, Burroughs

Controversy:

• “On Controversy by Newton”

Creation:

• “The Ultimate Question of Origins: God and the Beginning of the Universe” by William Lane Craig

Death:

• “Evangelical Annihilationism”

• “Death and Resurrection”
• “Suicide”

Dichotomy or Trichotomy (see Theology)

Disagreements:

• “On Controversy” by Newton

Divorce:

• “Divorce” ,  Nelson

Doctrine (also see Theology)

• “Already but not Yet of the Kingdom of God”, Nelson
• “Justification by Faith and the Current Religious Scene”, Brinsmead
• “A Primer on Reformed Theology” , Means
• “Dicotomy or Tricotomy” Slick
• “Double Predestination”,  Sproul
• “Spurgeon’s Catechism”
• “The Easy Conscience of Modern Evangelicalism”, Boice
• “Westminster Confession of Faith”
• “What is a Biblical Christian”
• “Westminster Confession of Faith – a brief history”
• “Parody on Popular Evangelical Doctrine”
• “The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment”, Burroughs

Easter (see also Resurrection)

• “Easter 1992: The Great Contrast”
• “Easter 1993: Jesus the Ultimate Reality”
• “Easter 1994 and 2000: Changed”
• “Easter 1995: Resurrection”
• “Easter 1996 It Makes a Difference”
• “Easter 1998: What Happens When You Die”
• “Easter 1999: Is Your Religion Sufficient”
• “Easter 2002: Reality and Resurrection”
• “Easter 2003: The Impossible”
• “Easter 2004: The Greatness of his Power”
• “Easter 2006: The Future invades the Present”
• “Easter 2007:  He’s Alive”

Economics:

• “Economics in One Lesson” , Hazlitt

Education:

• “Would Jesus be Welcome in Our Public Schools?”, Nelson

Election:

• “Election”, Grudem and Storms
• “Free Will”,  Nelson and Piper
• “How I Know I am Elect”,  A.W. Pink
• “Free Will – A Slave”, Spurgeon
• “Sovereign Grace and Our Responsibility”, Spurgeon
• “Double Predestination”, R.C. Sproul
• “Election”, Horatio Bonar

End Times:

• “Spurgeon on Eschatology”

Entertainment:

• “Entertainment, An Evangelical Heresy” , Tozer

Eschatology:

• “Spurgeon on Eschatology”

Eternal Security (see Perseverance of the saints)

Evangelism (see Missions also)

• “Evangelism – Obligation or Opportunity?”, Nelson
• “What is a Biblical Christian”, Al Martin short version
• “What is Biblical Christian”, Al Martin
• “The Altar Call”,  Fred Zaspel
• “Brief Testimony”, John Bunyan
• “What happens in the new birth”, John Piper
• “How to become a Christian”, Dr. Jerry Nelson
• “Faith and Regeneration”, Charles Spurgeon
• “The New Genesis”, RC  Sproul
• “Idling life away like an idiot or madman”, Philpot
• “Apprehending God”, A.W. Tozer

• “Evangelism and the Lord’s Supper”
• “What is Evangelistic Sacramentalism?”
• “What is a Biblical Christian”
• “How to Become a Christian”, Graham
• “Praying for the Salvation of your Children”, Spurgeon and Nelson
• “Praying for the Unsaved”
• “Sovereign Grace and Our Responsibility”

Faith:

• “What is Faith?”, Riddleberger in Horton
• “Hope”, Nelson
• “When Experience May Be Wrong”
• “The Relationship of Faith and Repentance in Christian Conversion”, Nelson

Family Life (see parenting)

Fasting:

• “Fasting part 1”, Nelson
• “Fasting part 2”, Nelson

Fathers:

• “Dick Hoyt and his Disabled Son”, Reilly

Fellowship:

• “Spiritual Friendship as a Means of Grace”
• “Philippians 2:1-8 Attitude Adjustment”, Nelson

Forgiveness:

• “Forgiveness – A Plan”, Nelson
• “Changing the Past – Forgiveness”, Nelson
• “Forgive us AS we Forgive”, Nelson

Free Will (see also Election)

• “Free Will” by Nelson and Piper
• “Free Will – A Slave”, Spurgeon
• “Sovereign Grace and Our Responsibility”, Spurgeon

Gifts of the Spirit:

• “Gifts of the Spirit (article)”, Nelson
• “Gifts of the Spirit – What are they”, Nelson
• “Discovering your spiritual gifts”, Nelson

Giving (see Stewardship)

God (see Trinity and Theology)

• “A Short History of God”
  

Good Friday:

• “The Chicken Miracle”, Nelson

• “Good Friday 2001 The Accomplishments of the Cross”
• “Good Friday 2003 Who Killed Jesus?”
• “Good Friday 2004 The Cross”
• “Good Friday 2006 Justice Applied”

Grace:

• “The Doctrines of Grace”

Healing:

• “Expectant and Accepting”
• “Prayer, Healing and the Kingdom of God”, Nelson

Hell:

• “Evangelical Annihilationism”

History:

• “A Brief Chronology of Human History”
• “A Short History of God”
• “The Biblical Metanarrative”
• “The Importance of Church History”
• “Puritan History”
• “Westminster Confession of Faith – a brief history”

Homosexuality:

• “The Case Against Homosexual Marriage”, Mohler

Hope:

• “Hope”, Nelson

Justification:

• “Justification by Faith and the Current Religious Scene”, Brinsmead

Kingdom of God:

• “Already but not Yet of the Kingdom of God”, Nelson

Leadership:

• “The Marks of a Spiritual Leader”, Piper
• “Tyranny of the Urgent”
• “A Church Leadership Model”

Legalism vs Christian liberty:

• “Christian Liberty – A Sermon”, Nelson

Lord’s Supper (see also Sacraments):

• “A Brief Liturgy of the Lord’s Supper”, Nelson
• “Lord’s Supper – Frequency?”, Nelson
• “Lord’s Supper as Means of Grace”, Horton
• “Lord’s Supper as Means of Grace”, Nelson
• “The Lord’s Supper – A Sermon”, Nelson
• “Lord’s Supper – Westminster Confession of Faith”
• “Children and the Lord’s Supper”, Michael
• “Short Treatise on the Lord’s Supper”, Calvin
• “What Do I Do During the Lord’s Supper”, Nelson
• “Evangelism and the Lord’s Supper”, Nelson
• “An Introduction to Reformed Worship”

Marriage:

• “The Case against Homosexual Marriage”, Mohler

Means of Grace:

• “Evangelical Fall from means of Grace”
• “Ordinary Means of Grace-based Ministry”
• “Means of Grace”
• “Spiritual Friendship as a Means of Grace”, Humfrey

Money (see Stewardship)

Mothers:

• “Mothers’ Day Blessing”, Nelson
• “Mothers”, Nelson

Music: See Worship

Parenting:

• “Family Life”, Nelson
• “Parenting”, Nelson
• “Mothers”, Nelson
• “The Dating Game”, Nelson

Perseverance:

• “Never Perish”,  J C Ryle
• “Reflections on Assurance”, Carson
• “The Red Lizard of Lust” C.S. Lewis

Prayer:

• “Prayer, Healing and the Kingdom of God”, Nelson
• “Praying for the Unsaved” , Nelson
• “Praying for the Salvation of your Children”, Spurgeon and Nelson

Preaching:

• “Charles Spurgeon – Preaching Through adversity”
• “Preaching/Teaching – Whose Authority?”, Nelson
• “Preaching and the Cure of Souls”, Sangster

Predestination (see also Election)

• “Double Predestination”, R.C. Sproul

Prophecy and tongues (see Gifts of the Spirit)

Providence:

• “The Mystery of Providence” Carson

Reformation:

• “The Five Solas of the Reformation and Key Dates”

Reformed Theology: See Theology

Repentance:

• “Repentance and Revival”, Nelson
• “The Relationship of Faith and Repentance in Christian Conversion”, Nelson

Resurrection of Jesus (see also “Easter”):

Revival:

• “Revival Defined”, Packer
• “Repentance and Revival”, Nelson

Sabbath:

• “Saturday or Sunday Sabbath”, Dabney
• “Sunday as New Testament Day of Worship”, Jonathan Edwards

Salvation:

• “The Centrality of the Gospel”, Keller
• “Praying for the Salvation of your Children”, Spurgeon and Nelson

Sanctification:

• “The  Gospel Mystery of Sanctification”, Marshall
• “The Expulsive Power of a New Affection” Chalmers

Second Coming of Jesus (see Eschatology)

Sexuality:

• “A Timely Article – Porn and Masturbation”, Mark Driscoll

Social Concerns/Justice:

• “A Case for Helping the Working-Poor”, Warden

Spiritual Community: See Fellowship

Stewardship:

• “Stewardship – Generous Christianity”, Nelson
• “Stewardship – What Wesley Preached and Practiced…”, White
• “Stewardship – Is Tithing Biblical?”, Carson

Teaching: See Preaching

Theology:

• “The Biblical Metanarrative”

Tongue, the:

• “The Power of Words”, Colvin
  

Tongues and Prophecy (see “Gifts of the Spirit”)

Trinity:

• “A Short History of God”

Words:

• “The Power of Words”, Colvin

Worldview:

• “Worldview – What is it?”

Worship:

• “An Introduction to Reformed Worship”
• “Applause in Worship”, Nelson
• “Authentic Worship and Faithful Music-Making”, Harold Best
• “Blended Worship – Good for the Body”, Ron Mann
• “On Church Music”, C.S. Lewis
• “Why Does God Demand Praise”, C.S. Lewis
• “Congregational Singing and the Ministry of the Word”, Payton
• “God-Seeking Worshippers”, Bonar – 1880s
• “God-Centered Worship”, Nelson
• “True Beauty is Anchored in God and Creation”, Colson/Fickett
• “Pleasing God in our Worship”, Godfrey
• “Reformed Worship – Past and Present”, Vischer
• “Spurgeon’s Hymnal Preface and Subjects”
• “God, the Object of Worship”, Nelson
• “The Reformation of Worship”, Godfrey
• “What Does it Mean to Praise”, Godfrey
• “Worship, A Liturgical Pattern”, Packer
• “Worship in the American Evangelical Church”, Nelson
• “Television and Worship” Marva Dawn