I recently returned from a 7-day float trip down the Arolik River in remote Western Alaska. Well, it was a 6-day trip because we could not get out on the first day due to inclement weather. It was quite the adventure though! We flew into Bethel, Alaska, and were taken out by float plane to…
J.I. Packer, a British-born Canadian Christian theologian, was born in 1926. This means Dr. Packer is 94 years old. One of the most influential evangelicals from North America; he is someone you probably know of and esteem. He is best known for his masterpiece, Knowing God first published in 1973. If you have not yet…
Do you ever wonder if God is really in control of everything? Does He really possess and manifest attributes like omniscience (He knows everything), omnipresence (He is everywhere at once), and omnipotence (He has power and authority over everything in the universe)? I think if we are honest, we easily start to doubt God’s capabilities…
Tomorrow is Tuesday, national election day, and I am looking forward to all that will unfold—good, bad, and ugly—about as much as when I had to get eye surgery. Due to a hereditary condition, I needed a corneal graft—a tissue transplant—a few years ago. I said at the time that the words “eye,” “surgery,” and…
The inability to wait, or to be patient, has its roots in “self-worship”. I know none of us believe we worship ourselves, but when we want something, we usually want it now, mostly because, we just want it now. If we don’t get what we want, especially concerning our relationships with others, we tend to…
Our family was so excited to attend the wedding of our very good friend. We had to drive to Soldotna, a trip that takes roughly 3 hours from our home in Anchorage. In true Karlberg fashion by the time the whole tribe was cleaned, loaded up, and on the road the estimated time of arrival…
“The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; he turns it wherever he will. Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the heart.” (Proverbs 21:1–2) It is election season 2020 in America. Both the tensions and the stakes are high going into the first Tuesday…
The doctrine (teaching) of election is one of the most highly contested doctrines of Scripture. That God in eternity past, before time began, chose the individuals who would be the recipients of His grace. God predestined us for adoption into His eternal family before the world existed. This truth resounds throughout Scripture and yet is…
As many of you may know, I am actively pursuing seminary training through The Master’s Seminary (TMS) Distance location program we have at AGC. I have been much blessed to benefit from this offering, and I trust I have become a better pastor/teacher. I still have a long way to go to graduate, but I…
