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Antichrist

Remembering the Man of Sin

September 22, 2023

Whether you align with that consensus or not, like the Thessalonians we need to receive and remember this Apostolic teaching. It has been revealed for our protection and good.

Kyle Borg Kyle Borg

God's Good Work

September 22, 2023

Consider the following logic. A Biblical injunction to pray for the brethren are prayers that God’s kingdom might come. Now, if that is true there is an entailment that we ought not

Jeffrey A Stivason Jeffrey A Stivason

Super Thoughts on Superscripts

September 19, 2023

Recently I had a conversation with a few other preachers concerning the superscriptions within the Book of Psalms. This conversation made me to reflect on my own ideas concerning the superscriptions and their

Nathan Eshelman Nathan Eshelman
Christ in Scripture

Jesus in Every Book

September 19, 2023

Lists like the one below may be a means to help us follow Isaac Ambrose’s exhortation: ‘Keep still Jesus Christ in your eye, in the perusal of the Scriptures, as the end, scope and substance thereof’.

Stephen Steele Stephen Steele
Guidance

Decisions, Decisions!

September 15, 2023

How do we know what God wants us to do in any given situation? Is there one right option that is God’s will and we have to find it or we are doomed to live a second-best life? What if I get it wrong?

Warren Peel Warren Peel

3GT Episode 293: Roast Preacher

September 15, 2023

The old joke goes that many church folks have roast preacher for Sunday dinner, as they go home after the service and criticize the sermon. As the parishioner had recently read a list

Gentle Reformation Gentle Reformation
heaven

Home At Last

September 13, 2023

Turning the windshield wipers on high to combat the pouring rain, the old man sighed. He was almost home – and he couldn’t wait. It had been a long three weeks. Living in

Vanessa Le Vanessa Le

Information Overload

September 12, 2023

Over the summer, I had to move my library from my former church office. It has been 18 years since I had moved my Library. It has grown significantly in that time. I

Kyle E. Sims Kyle E. Sims

Family Worship - Presbyterian Style

September 11, 2023

This summer, I was invited by Jesse Gomez, known as "The Chicano Knox," to come onto his Bibletheory Podcast and YouTube channel to discuss family worship. Though we had some trouble making it

Barry York Barry York

What if God did know better?

September 09, 2023

We’ve been living in this world a long time. We like to think we know how to get on with life. One of the things I find fascinating is that we are

Mark Loughridge Mark Loughridge
football

Competing for the First Day

September 07, 2023

On the one hand, there’s the rhythm, tone, and nature of the first day of the week prescribed by God. On the other, is the changed rhythm, tone, and nature that football has introduced into the life of our society.

Kyle Borg Kyle Borg

Will You Love Your Brother?

September 06, 2023

What is your impression of the church? When you think about the church what comes to mind? Think about the Old Testament church, the church underage and specifically that time after the Exodus

Jeffrey A Stivason Jeffrey A Stivason

3GT Episode 292: Preparing to Commune

August 28, 2023

After a summer hiatus, the guys are back! After catching up a bit, they turn their attention to the important topic of preparing to come to the Lord's Table. In the words of

Gentle Reformation Gentle Reformation

Living Wills

August 24, 2023

The following notes form the minimally-edited substance of one of the lectures I gave at the RPTS last week: they're certainly not definitive or the last word on the subject - no doubt

Andrew Kerr Andrew Kerr
Rest

The Biblical Doctrine of Vacation

August 23, 2023

The Lord provides His people with abundant opportunities for rest and refreshment.

Kit Swartz
pastoral ministry

"God Knows I Love You"

August 19, 2023

The voice on the other end of the phone sounded hollow and unhappy as he expressed to me his fatigue in the ministry: "I imagine I feel about my congregation how Jonah felt about Nineveh.”

Kyle Borg Kyle Borg
Anger

Tempering our Tempers

August 18, 2023

When we’re sinfully angry, we want to say a lot - to other people, ranting out loud to ourselves, and perhaps especially online. When we’re righteously angry, we want to pray a lot – sometimes without words!

Rut Etheridge III Rut Etheridge III
Christ in the Old Testament

Jesus: True and Better (from Calvin to Keller)

August 15, 2023

A memorial service for the late Tim Keller is being held this afternoon. One of the things Keller will be remembered for is his Christ-centred approach to the Old Testament. He often summarised

Stephen Steele Stephen Steele

CS Lewis on Reading Dead Guys

August 14, 2023

There is a strange idea abroad that in every subject the ancient books should be read only by the professionals, and that the amateur should content himself with the modern books. Thus I

Nathan Eshelman Nathan Eshelman

Getting Back To It

August 08, 2023

As the summer draws to a close and school begins, many of us enter back into the hectic life of kids in school. There are clothes and supplies to buy. New challenges come,

Kyle E. Sims Kyle E. Sims

The God Who Saves

August 02, 2023

In Isaiah 63 we find a familiar word used twice. It’s the word hesed or lovingkindness. I say it’s familiar because we run across it in many different places in Scripture.

Jeffrey A Stivason Jeffrey A Stivason

Changing Eschatology in the RPCNA (Part 2)

August 01, 2023

This is the second in a two-part series on the change in eschatology within the RPCNA. The first part explored the postmillenialism prevalent until the middle of the 20th century. This second part

Robert Kelbe Robert Kelbe

Fair-Weather Presbyterians

July 28, 2023

Presbyterians did I call them—no, I do mistake, Such are not presbyterians, who do their church forsake. Midst misery, a' times, standing alone, As by test, true presbyterianism is shown. But such

Nathan Eshelman Nathan Eshelman
F-bombs

"F-bombs"

July 26, 2023

Sex is the new god and, so, “F bombs” are the new blasphemy.

Kit Swartz
Abuse

Philemon and the Opposite of Abusive Leadership

July 25, 2023

There is much talk in the church today about oppressive leadership and spiritual abuse, and for good reason! But we may be lacking a positive articulation of what we should be looking for in our spiritual leaders. The book of Philemon is a start.

Keith Evans Keith Evans
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