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October 2026

October 08, 2026

Why Free Will and God’s Sovereignty is Worth Discussing

What good can come from studying the mysterious and sometimes upsetting subject of God’s sovereignty...

February 2026

February 16, 2026

J. I. Packer, God’s Sovereignty, and Knowing God

The doctrine of God’s sovereignty affirms all things are under His rule and that nothing...

March 2025

March 17, 2025

God Is at Work in Your Life, Even When You Can’t See It

Recently I shared Isaiah 43:19 with our Eternal Perspective Ministries staff. I was so moved...

February 2025

February 06, 2025

Does Belief in God’s Sovereignty Mean We Must Be Fatalists?

The EPM staff posted this video on Facebook of my answer to the question, "When...

December 2024

December 19, 2024

Our Sovereign King Reigns

I first shared this on my blog after the 2020 election. It’s as true now...

December 04, 2023

The Divine Paradox of God’s Sovereignty and Meaningful Human Choice

I once spoke to eighty college students about a sensitive theological question: “Can true Christians...

January 2023

January 19, 2023

Can Cancer Be God’s Servant? What I Saw in My Wife’s Last Four Years

Last March, my beloved wife, Nanci, lost her four-year battle with colon cancer. All 54...

January 12, 2023

God’s Providence in Joseph’s Story—and Ours

“Providence” is a word we use frequently in talking about God, but we may not...

December 2022

December 20, 2022

Whose Life Have You Touched—and Who Has Touched Your Life—That You Won’t Discover Until Eternity?

One of our EPM staff was going through the junk folder for messages sent to my...

January 2022

January 26, 2022

What’s the Difference Between God’s Sovereignty and His Providence?

A reader recently asked a great question on my Facebook page: “Could you please define God’s...

October 2021

October 14, 2021

God’s Sovereignty Brings a Special Joy to Our Giving

One time I was driving with Luis, a thirteen-year-old boy I was mentoring. I took...

December 2020

December 03, 2020

The Holiday Season, and Precious Times with Our Kids and Grandkids

Last December, in that pretty normal year called 2019, our daughter Karina Franklin and her...

November 2020

November 05, 2020

Our Sovereign King Is Always on His Throne

Whether you are encouraged or distressed by the results (thus far) of the 2020 election,...

July 2020

July 06, 2020

Our Lives Are Part of the Greatest Redemptive Story Ever Told, Authored by God

Though I write mostly nonfiction, I’ve written nine works of fiction, seven of them full-length...

November 2019

November 25, 2019

God’s Sovereignty Means Our Giving Isn’t Random

The following is an excerpt from my new book Giving Is the Good Life. I hope...

September 2019

September 23, 2019

God’s Sovereignty and Human Choice: The Examples of Paul, Elisha, and Daniel

While I doubt anyone this side of Heaven will ever manage to fully “explain” how...

December 2016

December 19, 2016

Why Didn’t God Send Jesus Right After Adam and Eve Sinned?

A reader asked me, Why didn’t God send Jesus to the earth to die right...

September 2016

September 26, 2016

Seven Truths That Guided Denny Gradin Through Cancer and into Eternity

Denny Gradin was a missionary with a big heart for Spanish-speaking peoples. In August 2012,...

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