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Muslim Evangelism

Winning Witness?

July 18, 2025

Many years ago, while I was travelling around India, I had the pleasure of spending 10 days vacationing on a houseboat floating on Dal Lake in the disputed territory of Kashmir. After an

Andrew Kerr Andrew Kerr

3GT Episode 337: Covenant Baptism

July 18, 2025

Sometimes, ideas for 3GT episodes are presented to the guys on a plate—or, perhaps, in this case, a font. Kyle is about to go out on a pastoral call to prepare parents

Barry York Barry York
Personal Evangelism

Reaching Outsiders with our Words

July 18, 2025

Our lives will either reinforce or contradict our message—but the message must be communicated in words. In Colossians 4.6, Paul mentions three characteristics that must be true of our words.

Warren Peel Warren Peel
family worship

My Beloved is Mine and I am His from Song of Solomon + Is it needed?

July 16, 2025

Is Worship Connected (or something similar) needed? Since I am doing it every week, at least from my perspective, it is needed.

Ed Blackwood Ed Blackwood
perseverance

3 Encouragements When Things Look Bleak

July 15, 2025

The Lord knows where you are, he sees your work for him, and he isn't finished with you yet

Stephen Steele Stephen Steele

The Comfort of Dead Birds (Part 2)

July 14, 2025

I don’t think we should take some peculiar pleasure in the death of animals. Native Americans killed many animals but had great esteem and appreciation for them and industriously made use of

Jonathan L. Shirk Jonathan L. Shirk

The Focus of Prophecy

July 10, 2025

There are five things that the prophets understood about OT prophecies concerning Christ, according to Walter Kaiser, expounding 1 Peter 1:10-12: 10 Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace

Andrew Kerr Andrew Kerr
family worship

Life under the Sun Household Worship Guide from Ecclesiastes + Read, Pray, Repeat

July 09, 2025

There need be no fireworks or pizzazz to keep the kids interested. There needs to be only a father with a heart-love for God–who desires to see that love appropriated by his children. Read, pray, repeat.

Ed Blackwood Ed Blackwood
Procrastination

The Danger Of Inaction

July 08, 2025

Church leaders - do not ignore sins and issues that require action. Love the church and love your brothers and sisters enough to address the problems in their lives early. If you do, then it will be a blessing to them and for the church.

Kyle E. Sims Kyle E. Sims

The Comfort of Dead Birds (Part 1)

July 07, 2025

If life suddenly became like Alfred Hitchcock’s horror film The Birds, then maybe the thought of a dead bird would provide some comfort. But in real life seeing a beautiful little dead

Jonathan L. Shirk Jonathan L. Shirk

The Majority or the Minority?

July 03, 2025

One morning in our household, some time ago, I was distracted by a chortle as one of my family read their Bible. I was curious to find out what the reader found so

Andrew Kerr Andrew Kerr
family worship

Start Being Wise-Household Worship Guide from Proverbs 1 + So Many Inputs

July 02, 2025

Under normal circumstances, typical churchgoers might have 5-6 inputs in their week, all from different portions of God’s Word. ... could there be a way to tie some of these together?

Ed Blackwood Ed Blackwood

Suffer the Children: Why a Children's Sermon?

July 02, 2025

A family recipe was passed down from grandmother to daughter to granddaughter. Everyone loved grandma’s famous roast. Garlicky, flavorful, and peppery goodness! What was the secret?  One evening the granddaughter—now in

Nathan Eshelman Nathan Eshelman

Your Pastor Needs the Same Grace You Do

June 30, 2025

I was ordained for the pastoral ministry on May 1, 2010. Since that day, I continue to struggle deeply with sinful desires, thoughts, words, and actions. Being ordained doesn’t kill sin in

Jonathan L. Shirk Jonathan L. Shirk

Episode 336: Chat 3GT

June 26, 2025

Or should it be Chat 3GPT? Either way, the three guys get together to have a little summer fun at the expense of artificial intelligence. Along the way, the one host accused of

Gentle Reformation Gentle Reformation
Addiction

Be Freed from Addiction!

June 24, 2025

Is addiction sin or sickness?  Do addicts need confrontation or compassion?

Kit Swartz

The Holy Spirit Serves & Assures Us

June 23, 2025

When some professing Christians liken the Holy Spirit to a “funny and sneaky and silly blue genie” like the one in Aladdin, it becomes painfully obvious that many professing Christians don’t know

Jonathan L. Shirk Jonathan L. Shirk

AI Theology

June 21, 2025

This week it was announced that the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary was establishing a committee on the theological student's use of artificial intelligence. As I thought about this committee, I wondered

Nathan Eshelman Nathan Eshelman

What Happened at the RPCNA Synod (2025)?

June 20, 2025

The synod of the RPCNA met in Marion, Indiana June 16-20, 2025. The synod began with the singing of Psalm 80 and a retiring moderator’s address from Elder Tom Fisher. Elder Fisher

Nathan Eshelman Nathan Eshelman
trust

A Blessing for Beleaguered Believers

June 20, 2025

My clumsy poetical attempt to help some hurting, disillusioned people feel seen, and to remind them most essentially of the love of our heavenly Father, who sees in secret . . .

Rut Etheridge III Rut Etheridge III
Misunderstood Scriptures

David and Jonathan: Not Just About Friendship

June 17, 2025

Evangelicals rightly reject the insinuation of homosexuality. But are we also guilty of missing the point by seeing this relationship as merely one of friendship?

Stephen Steele Stephen Steele

3GT Episode 335: The Elders of the People with Drew Gordon

June 16, 2025

The three guys welcome a fourth on this episode of 3GT. Drew Gordon, Publications Director at Crown & Covenant Publications and a long-time ruling elder of Covenant Fellowship Reformed Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh,

Gentle Reformation Gentle Reformation

Certainty & Comfort in Hard Times

June 16, 2025

You look at your schedule for the month and think, “How am I going to make it through this?” You hear the unwelcome words from your doctor, “It’s cancer.” You feel deep

Jonathan L. Shirk Jonathan L. Shirk
Worship Connected

Household Worship Guide for Psalm 1-2 + A Brief History

June 11, 2025

God gave me examples of fathers leading their families in family worship—including my own father early in my life. I remember having to stand up during prayer time in our family worship so that I didn’t fall asleep. If this guide is useful to Jesus’s church, then to God alone be the glory.

Ed Blackwood Ed Blackwood

The Joy, Responsibility, and Danger of Being a Presbyter

June 10, 2025

It is that time of year again when many NAPARC denominations will have annual denominational meetings. The OPC GA is about to conclude. The ARPC begins today. The RPCNA and PCA will be

Kyle E. Sims Kyle E. Sims
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