comfort I Long to Be Comforted, But Where Will I Find Comfort? May 10, 2025 Life has a way of making us feel uncomfortable. I once attended a summer wedding in a farm meadow. It was oppressively hot and humid that day. It wasn’t the best day
family devotions Enhancing the Lord's Day through Worship Connected + Household Worship Guide Ezra 1 May 08, 2025 Friday’s here. Jump and cheer. Shabbat is coming. … Hurray! Shabbat is here! So begins the children’s book, Shabbat is Coming! Do we have that attitude about Sunday, the Lord’s Day? It’s Thursday, Sunday’s coming!
Living between D-Day and VE Day May 08, 2025 Christians have often used the gap between D-Day and VE Day as an illustration of the time in which we're living now
Nearer, My God, to Thee: Why I Sing Only Psalms in Worship May 06, 2025 J. Gresham Machen, a hymn singing Presbyterian, is best known for his battle for orthodoxy in the early twentieth century Presbyterian Church. Machen wrote concerning “Nearer, My God, to Thee” and noted that
family devotions What was the sermon about yesterday? + Household Worship Guide 2 Chronicles 36 May 01, 2025 A key aim of this Worship Connected Household Worship Guide is preparation. How much better prepared would one be to hear and respond to the Word preached than to have reviewed the text to be preached and to have considered some of the areas to be addressed for three days prior to the preaching?
The Wrong Template April 30, 2025 Recently, at a seminary event, I was seated at a table with a missionary and his family. We were honoring the man, who was from Northern Ireland and had an Irish surname. Although
family worship Why Promote Household Worship + Household Worship Guide 2 Samuel 7 April 23, 2025 Fathers have over 6,500 opportunities to call their children, in their first 18 years, to come, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord (Psalm 34:11).
debt Forgive us our Debts April 22, 2025 While some forms and conditions of employment can approximate slavery, an especially clear case of bondage in our current culture is debt slavery.
Bid Adieu. Machen Was Right. April 22, 2025 The Presbyterian Church (USA) is the old mother Kirk of American Presbyterianism. In her lie all the treasures of the great names and institutions that made up American Presbyterianism and its powerful influence
Westminster's Antichrist Defended April 21, 2025 In I John 2:18 the word "antichrist" is used for the first time the Bible: “Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming,
Picture This... April 18, 2025 I wonder how many children grow up with completely wrong ideas about Scripture simply because of a misleading picture in a story book. How often do they end up distorting what the text actually says?
The Cry of Forsakenness April 17, 2025 Mt. 27:46-49; Mk. 15:34-35 Text 46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, "Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?" that is, "My God, my
3GT Episode 332: The Great Depastoring April 17, 2025 Finally, the boys are all back behind their mics! Though it has been some time since they were all together, they pick right back up where they left off. After some banter and
family devotions Worship Connected takes too much time? + Household Worship Guide 1 Samuel 17 April 16, 2025 I'm convinced that a pastor can find it doable to add the weekly preparation of Worship Connected for the congregation, alongside the preparation for his preaching plan.
Lord's Day A Superstitious Easter April 16, 2025 In the Areopagus, the Apostle Paul criticized the Athenians for being “very religious” or “superstitious” because their worship was directed toward the unknown—their worship was shaped by ignorance rather than the revelation of God.
Liberalism Bible stolen from unsuspecting churchgoers April 15, 2025 Tragically, the Bible has been stolen from many churches without the people noticing
family worship Testimonials of Worship Connected + Family Worship Guide 1 Chronicles 1 April 09, 2025 I love how it keeps Sunday’s message alive all week. Focusing on what was preached and what will be preached assists me in keeping the message active in my daily life.
Disciplining the Middle April 08, 2025 Over the years, I have coached many basketball players at different levels. There are those little ones in the K-3rd grade league whom you teach the very basics, and I have helped skilled
family devotions Why Worship Connected + Family Worship Guide 2 Kings 4 April 02, 2025 If you find it useful to use these in your household/family worship, consider asking your pastor to speak to me about him developing something similar in your congregation.
3GT Episode 331: Yes, SSA is SSA March 31, 2025 Having had difficulty recording due to full schedules, and still down to two with Kyle away, at least Scott and Barry were available to man the mics. Given questions and feedback received from
family worship Worship Connected Family Worship Guide 1 Kings 8 March 26, 2025 We are considering Solomon's dedication of The House for the Lord's Name in 1 Kings 8.
And all the people said… [inaudible mumble] March 26, 2025 I probably said it at church today about 15 times. You might have said it slightly less. It’s a “religious” word. You find it translated in English Bibles 50 times, each time
testimony to grace Streams in the Desert March 25, 2025 It is a profitable exercise to consider the many providences of God that He ordained to bring a person to faith in Christ. This includes not only the proximate ones but also those that are more distant. There are many long streams that supply the river of God’s saving grace into a person’s life.
Where Are the Men? March 22, 2025 Mary Slessor (1848-1915), a Seceder missionary, serving in present day Nigeria closely followed the events of the 1910 World Missionary Conference in Edinburgh, Scotland. This conference was supposed to spur on the final
Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona daoibh! (Happy St Patrick's Day) March 20, 2025 St Patrick's Day is celebrated in more countries than any other national festival. So who was this guy?! What did he do that was such a big deal?
