If God is sovereign and promises salvation to believers, why does it matter how believers live? How significant are our choices in the grand scheme of life?

Sociologists often point to the decline of the twin institutions of marriage and the family as the fount of most American cultural ills.

We must be very careful about ascribing human behavior—and especially human sin—to God, concluding that it must be God's will, or it would be different.

Just as the captain of a ship wants decision-makers, not just order takers, God expects us to make decisions in accordance with His will.