Did God Cause Pharaoh's Evil When He Hardened His Heart?
God hardened Pharaoh's heart — but Pharaoh had already hardened his own heart first. Scripture shows that God's hardening was judgment, not the creation of sin.
Biblical answers to common questions about Christianity, examined directly from Scripture.
Christians are often asked hard questions: Who is Jesus? What is the gospel? Why trust the Bible? How should we respond to claims that contradict Scripture? Apologetics is the task of answering those questions faithfully — not by winning arguments, but by pointing people to what God has actually said.
The articles in this section work through specific questions and objections using Scripture as the primary source. The aim is not to be clever or combative, but to be clear. If something is true, the Bible will say so. If a claim contradicts Scripture, the Bible will show why.
The approach throughout is evangelical and Reformed: Scripture alone is the final authority, and the gospel — grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone — is the message these articles defend and explain.
God hardened Pharaoh's heart — but Pharaoh had already hardened his own heart first. Scripture shows that God's hardening was judgment, not the creation of sin.
The new covenant guarantees that all its members know God. Baptism, as its covenant sign, belongs to those who believe — not to infants apart from faith.
If God made a perfect world, why did he allow sin to enter it? Scripture holds two truths together: God is sovereign over all things, and man is fully responsible for his own sin. The answer leads to the cross.
The gospel is the good news that Jesus Christ lived, died, and rose to save sinners, granting forgiveness and eternal life by grace through faith alone.
This article examines whether Christians should pray to Mary, angels, or departed saints by considering what Scripture teaches about prayer, mediation, and access to God.
Colossians 1:15 does not portray Jesus as a created being but reveals the eternal Son as Creator, sovereign Lord, and perfect image of the invisible God.
Bill Muehlenberg uses Flatland to expose the limits of materialism and its reduction of consciousness, meaning, and purpose to physical processes.