christian liberty The Free Exercise of Religion September 02, 2025 The beginning of the first amendment to the United States Constitution reads “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof”. We will focus on the
Focus [In] the Family September 01, 2025 All the demands in life can sometimes pull us away from our family. So, it is right and good to reevaluate our priorities and to focus on the family. Even more importantly, though,
Rest for My Soul August 29, 2025 The following post is from guest author Fiona Mackay. Originally from the Isle of Skye, Fiona lives and works as an English tutor in Inverness, Scotland, along with her photographer husband, Roddy, and
Virtuous Sins & Overcoming Yiddish-British: Strange Bedfellows Indeed August 28, 2025 "Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.” You’ve heard that line before, I am sure. A storm is raging across Prospero’s island, and Trinculo is caught without cover. In his
Worship Connected Household Worship Guide on the Desperate Cry of a Wounded Soul from Lamentations 3 + Response from Pastors August 27, 2025 Overall, I think this is a great idea and you've provided a very motivating and practical guide, easy for pastors to copy and paste or to stir up their minds to apply a modified version to their own ministries and congregations. Thanks!
Ten Blessings of Attending Evening Services August 25, 2025 While attending an evening worship service recently, I was again impressed by the joyful blessing of simply being there with God and His people. Though I have shared before the biblical reasons for
The Banner of Truth August 22, 2025 Dr. Ryan Swale is pastor of Immanuel URC in Jordan, Ontario, and a graduate of Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary who wrote his dissertation on "The Imprecatory Pastor: A Practical Theology of the
Worship Connected Household Worship guide from Jeremiah 33 about the Righteous Branch Who Restores + Hearers and Doers of the Word Preached August 20, 2025 As we pray for effective hearing of the word preached, let’s prepare for it as well in our daily household worship. That is, to enhance the hearing of the Word preached by reviewing the Word that has been preached and previewing the Word that will be preached is one of the aims of Worship Connected.
No Better Time to Be a Witness for Christ August 18, 2025 People in the United States are not always well-disposed toward those who hold orthodox and historic Christian beliefs. Christians in 2025, when they seek to follow Jesus honestly, sincerely, consistently, coherently, and faithfully,
Thoughts on Gossip August 18, 2025 Rebecca VanDoodeward is a guest contributor to Gentle Reformation and author of Uprooted: A Guide for Homesick Christians, Your Future ‘Other Half’: It Matters Whom You Marry, and Reformation Women: Sixteenth-Century Figures Who
Blessed or Bored by the Book? Writing off the Word? August 16, 2025 Many years ago I came across a cartoon in a rather ill-judged, Christian, magazine. I don't necessarily disagree with the observation and the point it was trying to make (being jolted
Christian Nationalism America Belongs to Christ, not to Christians August 14, 2025 When those who preach Christ’s lordship over the nation also trip every alarm the Bible sets to warn of false prophets, it becomes clear that the dominion they promote is not Christ’s, but their own.
church unity When Brothers in Unity Dwell August 12, 2025 The division of the church is a product of man’s sinfulness. There should be one visible church. When Christ returns, our denominational labels will be no more. There will be one church,
How to Be Most Blessed by the Sabbath (or Lord’s Day) August 11, 2025 In the first century, the Pharisees took God’s good gift of the Sabbath and added to it so many ridiculous rules and regulations that it was no longer a blessing for God’
Who Killed Jesus? August 11, 2025 This article originally appeared on Ligonier.org. Murder mysteries are popular these days. Agatha Christie’s fiction works continue to be read by a new generation, making her the best-selling author of all
Give Thanks Daily for the Kindness of His Providence August 04, 2025 We wake up in the morning and perhaps lay in bed for a while. We get out of bed. We start our day. It is likely that most of us seldom contemplate our
Evangelism, Apologetics, Islam & Scripture Mosque Talk or Church Truth? July 31, 2025 Over the last number of weeks we've been chatting to lots of young people on the streets around our Church - one of the repeated objections that we have come up
A Point to Remember as Municipal Elections Approach July 28, 2025 We vote for presidents, but we also vote for local government officials. It may be tempting to focus entirely on one position, the president, while ignoring key politicians that you can have a
Two Ways Psalm 1 The Word or the World! July 27, 2025 1 Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; 2 but his delight is
Evangelilsm. Apologetics. Isaiah's Messiah Holocaust or Holy One? July 24, 2025 During recent outreach efforts on the streets of the East Coast, I have been met by a number of Jewish men and women who believe that the suffering servant of Isaiah is the
family worship Our Sin on Him Household Worship guide from Isaiah 53 + Aim of Worship Connected July 23, 2025 What pastor wouldn’t want his congregation focusing all week long on taking in and living out his preaching because their daily family or household worship is helpfully connected to the weekly corporate worship and is enhancing how they remember and observe the Sabbath?
The Outrage Age July 22, 2025 No denying that everyone around us is in a tizzy, which, fittingly, it seems, just happened to be the Wordle of the day recently. Whether face-to-face at yet the latest protest over something
comfort Comfort in Unbearable Sorrow July 22, 2025 There is comfort for those under the raging flood of unbearable sorrow. This includes all those grieving lost loved ones in the recent floods in Texas, especially the families of the girls at Camp Mystic.
What You Need to Know to Live & Die Happily July 21, 2025 I assume you want to live a happy life. I also assume that when you are taking your last breaths, you want to have a deep sense of joy, peace, and comfort in
