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Household Worship Guide on God's People - Or Not and The Word of the Lord from Hosea 1

October 01, 2025

Be humbled by God’s saving mercy in Jesus, knowing you deserve no mercy. Realizing you have no right in yourself to claim to be God’s people, yet understanding grace – that God has, in Jesus, renamed you ruhamah - mercy. God has renamed you ammi – mine.

Ed Blackwood Ed Blackwood

Marriage & Sex (Part 2): Mankind

September 29, 2025

The world is confused about many things, not the least of which is marriage and sexuality. Why? The world does not know or submit to God. Romans 8:7 says, “For the mind

Jonathan L. Shirk Jonathan L. Shirk

Merciful Jesus

September 25, 2025

The church has always wrestled with the question of how best to demonstrate the compassion of Christ. Believers have always recognized the gospel is a message to be preached, but also accompanied by

Nathan Eshelman Nathan Eshelman
Worship Connected

Household Worship Guide on I See Four! and Malicious Accusations from Daniel 3

September 24, 2025

God’s people will face malicious accusations--intended for your destruction. Trust Jesus that you are blessed if that happens. Know that God will deliver you-in this life or in the life to come.

Ed Blackwood Ed Blackwood
Hope

Hope for a Hopeless Nation

September 24, 2025

Thomas Jefferson said, “I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that his justice cannot sleep forever.”

Kit Swartz

Always Prepared?

September 23, 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

Guest Author

3GT Episode 339: Assessing the Assassination

September 22, 2025

When the guys came to the regular recording time on Thursday, September 11th, they originally had some other topics in mind for this episode. Yet, given the assassination of Charlie Kirk the previous

Gentle Reformation Gentle Reformation

Marriage & Sex (Part 1): Thankfulness

September 22, 2025

Thankfulness is central to your Christian life. When you received Christ by grace alone through faith alone, the Holy Spirit was also given to you to produce the fruit of thankfulness in you

Jonathan L. Shirk Jonathan L. Shirk
Charlie Kirk

Don't Be Taken Captive

September 18, 2025

Multitudes of people have their minds captured by these ways of thinking. Tragically, we watched as a bullet — fired not only by a gun but by a mind taken captive by empty philosophy — murdered a man who was a husband, father, and brother in Christ.

Kyle Borg Kyle Borg
Second Coming

The Last Trumpet Like the Relief of an Oppressed City

September 16, 2025

What will the last trumpet be like? Is it something we should fear? I recently came across a helpful quote on the subject by the Puritan John Flavel. In order to feel its impact, it will be helpful to picture a seventeenth century siege.

Stephen Steele Stephen Steele

The Church and Kirk

September 15, 2025

The days following the Charlie Kirk assassination have already proven to be a cultural phenomenon. Seemingly, every post on social media addresses it in one way or another. The major networks are devoting

Barry York Barry York

The Assurance & Comfort of Becoming Like Jesus

September 15, 2025

Are you confident that you are saved, that you have received God’s grace in Christ, and that you will forever enjoy God’s presence in heaven? Christians sometimes wrestle with the assurance

Jonathan L. Shirk Jonathan L. Shirk
Death

Being Ready...

September 13, 2025

(Written a couple of weeks ago for our local newspaper, but pertinent...) I said goodbye to him on Friday evening at 5pm—hale and hearty. I stood beside his open casket on Saturday

Mark Loughridge Mark Loughridge
Current Events

Stewarding the Moment

September 12, 2025

We must not allow the cacophony of society to silence us, nor intimidation to push us into retreat. Instead, we — especially Christian men — must lean into this moment. This is the time in which King Jesus has placed us, and we must receive it as a providential stewardship.

Kyle Borg Kyle Borg
Worship Connected

Household Worship Guide on "Can these Bones Live?" and "One Stick" from Ezekiel 37

September 11, 2025

At an early hour in the morning the family was assembled, when a portion of Scripture was read from the Old Testament, which was followed by a hymn and a prayer, in which thanks were offered up to the Almighty for preserving them… and for his goodness… and, at the same time, his grace was implored…

Ed Blackwood Ed Blackwood

3GT Episode 338: Honoring One Another

September 10, 2025

After their typical banter and razzing of one another, the guys become a bit more serious. Recent weeks have seen the loss of major evangelical figures, such as John MacArthur and James Dobson.

Barry York Barry York

Digging Deeper: Reading, Thinking, and Talking

September 09, 2025

A quarter of the 21st century is already gone. It has been an amazing 25 years, considering the technological leaps made during this time. I was still on dial-up internet in 2000. Now

Kyle E. Sims Kyle E. Sims

God's Kindness through the Law

September 08, 2025

Several years ago, I coached my daughter’s middle school girls basketball team. I loved the challenge. They were true beginners, but they worked hard and improved. They were learning the rules, fundamentals,

Jonathan L. Shirk Jonathan L. Shirk
Scripture Memory

That I Might Not Sin

September 06, 2025

What is your best practice to avoid sin? If someone asked you for three specific ways to guard against sin, what would you tell them? Would Scripture memory be on the list? It

Vanessa Le Vanessa Le

Let's Get Medieval*

September 05, 2025

*Some restrictions apply. “O Lord, You have searched me and known me. You know my sitting down and my rising up. You understand my thought afar off...” Psalm 139:1–2. The Lord

Nathan Eshelman Nathan Eshelman
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

Kit Swartz

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,

Jonathan L. Shirk Jonathan L. Shirk

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

Barry York Barry York

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

Nathan Eshelman Nathan Eshelman
Worship Connected

Household Worship Guide on "The Desperate Cry of a Wounded Soul" from Lamentations 3

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!

Ed Blackwood Ed Blackwood
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