Dr. Keith A. Mathison is professor of systematic theology at Reformation Bible College in Sanford, Fla. He is author of many books, including The Lord’s Supper: Answers to Common Questions.

NICHOLS: Yes, but if you go back to the Old Testament, you recognize that there are tithes and offerings. The tithe—that 10 percent—was just a given. In addition to the tithe, there were also ...

I see no suggestion in the New Testament that tithing is purely a ceremonial law that ended with the coming of Christ and the sending of the Spirit on the day of Pentecost. Tithing is operative in the ...

It’s not necessarily the devil that attacks Christians, but it may be his interns. Maybe we’re not important enough to get the attention of Satan. Satan isn’t present everywhere. He’s not omnipresent.

THOMAS: Satan has been bound in the sense that under the old covenant, the gospel was more or less confined to the Jews. There were occasional proselytes, but they were occasional. In the ministry of ...

Some new believers are just not readers at all, so the most important thing is to encourage them to read the Scriptures. For that reason, you might want to find a book for them that would give them ...

Sin is what needs to be overcome in sanctification. So sin is the enemy in sanctification. I go back to the Heidelberg Catechism, and at the end of the exposition of the Ten Commandments near the end ...

I think the greatest challenge in the church today is probably no different from any day, and that is that if we really believe in God and His sovereignty we’ll learn to pray together. One of the ...

The beatific vision is the fulfillment of Jesus’ promise that we will see God. That is the essence of it. Then, we have to ask, “What does Jesus mean by seeing God?” We have to say that it is not a ...

The psalmist says, “God dwells in light inaccessible.” We can use any word. I remember talking to R.C. about this and he said, “You know, the word I used was ‘holiness,’ but there are a lot of words ...

SPROUL: In Acts 17, Paul at the Areopagus quotes some of the pagan poets and talks about people groping after God. They have the statue to the unknown god, and in one sense they’re seeking Him. In the ...

It is often the case in our time that the contrast is drawn between being Reformed and being Arminian. Arminianism focuses intently on questions about freedom of the will, human action in redemption, ...