August 7, 2023
August 13 | Discovery
These Discovery Questions are for use with this week’s Lookout Bible Lesson, “Where Is the Justice?” (Habakkuk 1:12-17; 2:1-20), by Mark Scott.
Articles for tag: Divine Sovereignty
December 26, 2016
Lesson for January 1, 2017: Praise God for Creation (Psalm 33:1-9)
Dr. Mark Scott wrote this treatment of the International Sunday School Lesson. Scott teaches preaching and New Testament at Ozark Christian College, Joplin, Missouri. This lesson treatment is published in the December 25, 2016, issue of The Lookout magazine, and is also available online at www.lookoutmag.com. ______ By Mark Scott Mother Nature is not God”s wife, but creation is God”s gift. It is therefore obvious that God”s people praise him for that gift. And it is right to start that praise on the first day of a new year. Creation arose from the character and power of God and finds its foundation in his identity.
August 8, 2016
Lesson for August 14, 2016: Living Under God’s Mercy (Romans 9:6-18)
Dr. Mark Scott wrote this treatment of the International Sunday School Lesson. Scott teaches preaching and New Testament at Ozark Christian College, Joplin, Missouri. This lesson treatment is published in the August 7 issue of The Lookout magazine, and is also available online at www.lookoutmag.com. ______ By Mark Scott In the church at Rome, there was tension that you could cut with a circumcision knife. The Jews thought the Gentiles obeyed God”s laws rather flippantly. The Gentiles thought the Jews had squandered their place as God”s people. Paul”s teaching in this text is that both groups have to live under God”s mercy. God”s plan to
March 4, 2007
Calvinism and the Bible (Part 2)
An excerpt from “Considering Calvinism” argues that consistent Calvinism leads to hard determinism, critiques compatibilist “freedom,” and challenges “second causes” and “efficacious permission” as explanations for human sin.
January 7, 2007
Can We Know the Future of the Church?
A forecast of “unlimited” visibility sparks a reflection on whether the church’s future is predetermined. Jeff Walling argues Scripture calls believers to faithful choices today that shape tomorrow.
November 26, 2006
Does God Know the Word ‘Perhaps’? (Part 2)
Open theism claims God lacks meticulous foreknowledge. Patrick Nullens offers six reasons this model conflicts with Scripture, historic Christian consensus, and a robust view of God’s sovereignty, providence, and pastoral comfort.
