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"May my teaching drop as the rain... like gentle rain upon the tender grass" Deuteronomy 32:2

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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 + 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!

Ed Blackwood Ed Blackwood

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

Barry York Barry York

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

Guest Author
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.

Ed Blackwood Ed Blackwood

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,

Jonathan L. Shirk Jonathan L. Shirk

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

Guest Author
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

Andrew Kerr Andrew Kerr
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.

Rut Etheridge III Rut Etheridge III
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,

Kyle E. Sims Kyle E. Sims

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’

Jonathan L. Shirk Jonathan L. Shirk

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

Barry York Barry York

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

Jonathan L. Shirk Jonathan L. Shirk

No One Could Have Told Me

August 03, 2025

Barry York Barry York
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

Andrew Kerr Andrew Kerr

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

Jonathan L. Shirk Jonathan L. Shirk
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

Andrew Kerr Andrew Kerr
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