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Barry York

Barry York

Sinner by Nature - Saved by Grace. Husband of Miriam - Grateful for Privilege. Father of Six - Blessed by God. President of RPTS - Serve with Thankfulness. Author - Hitting the Marks.

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3GT Episode 260: The Heartbreak of Divorce

June 28, 2022

With Scott back out on the campaign trail kissing babies, Barry and Kyle turn to letters sent to 3GT for this episode's topic. As such, their tone turns more serious. For a faithful

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Shepherding Friends

June 27, 2022

This article appears in the June edition of Tabletalk magazine. In certain quarters, men heading toward the ministry are told that they cannot have friends in the church. Why? They are to maintain

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3GT Episode 259: Preaching Duty

June 07, 2022

With their tumultuous schedules finally colliding together, all three guys are back for this episode! After congratulating Scott again for his election victory, the 3GTers get to the subject at hand as they

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God is One

June 06, 2022

God has revealed himself as Triune. He is both one and three. Yet many hear that statement as contradictory. Obviously, in mathematics 1 does not equal 3. And it would be a contradiction

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3GT Episode 258: Examining Church Officers

May 27, 2022

With the old guy away, the boys decide to play! Yes, Kyle and Scott turn this episode of 3GT into 2BT - Two Boys Theologizing! - as they discuss the process for examining

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Shepherding's Varied Nature

May 23, 2022

This article appears in the May edition of Tabletalk magazine. Shepherding the church has the singular focus of feeding God’s people with His Word. Yet this work is not as easy as

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Spoiler Alert

May 09, 2022

Some of God's people are called to public ministry. In His providence, that's my calling. As we approach the end of another academic year at the seminary and my fourth year as its

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Shepherding’s Singular Focus

May 02, 2022

This article appears in the April edition of Tabletalk magazine. The primary aim in shepherding the people of God is clear in Scripture. The risen Lord of the church thrice commanded Peter to

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That One Thing Young Men Need

April 25, 2022

In the middle of his very practical pastoral letter to Titus, Paul encourages him to instruct the different age and gender groups in the church. He will get to the young men. Yet

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Shepherding in the Spirit

April 11, 2022

This article appears in the March edition of Tabletalk magazine. An overseer appointed by the Holy Spirit has a uniquely spiritual work (Acts 20:28). How do elders shepherd in the Spirit? First

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3GT Episode 257: Counseling a Listener

April 07, 2022

The boys are back! Yes, all of them! After a long hiatus, the pastor is welcomed back by the parishioner and professor on 3GT once again. After their usual banter and seeing the

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The Evangelistic Pause

March 31, 2022

More than once, Jesus told people not to do evangelism. Is there perhaps a lesson in this needed today? Do we ever duct tape the mouth in evangelism? When He healed the two

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3GT Episode 256: A Daughter's Midnight Call

March 30, 2022

They're back! Well, at least two of them are. As this episode explains, each of the three guys have had unusually difficult schedules that have made recording impossible until now. Kyle has had

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Shepherding is a Trinitarian Work

March 21, 2022

This article appears in February's edition of Tabletalk magazine. When it comes to shepherding the church, elders do well to realize that their calling is a practical, Trinitarian work. The Apostle Paul made

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The Thin Red Line

March 14, 2022

Two weeks ago last night, just before midnight, we were about to head to bed after a full and satisfying Lord's Day. Then my cell phone rang. Seeing it was my daughter, Emory,

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3GT Episode 255: Unpardonable!

February 22, 2022

The professor is recording from the Rare Books Room of RPTS where breathing in the rarified air makes him ready to tackle almost any subject. The parishioner is hot on the campaign trail

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3GT Episode 254: Trinitarian Shepherding

February 16, 2022

Still limping along in biunial fashion, the parishioner and professor decide to talk about the Trinity. Especially, they meditate on a verse describing the Triune God's work of caring for the church. "Be

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God Makes Himself Known as Trinity

February 14, 2022

For years in our kitchen it hung there, a reminder to our children. A small, framed picture of a little schoolhouse with a quote taken from the original college rules of Harvard: “The

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Weeping for the Prodigal

February 07, 2022

How do Christian parents pray for straying covenant children? For those who know the faith but have long abandoned it? The Apostle Paul gives us a model in the opening words of Romans

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3GT Episode 252: Love, Sweet Love

February 01, 2022

With Kyle away, the 3GT minus 1 crew decides to go a bit more tender this episode. For they address the simple yet profound topic of Christian love. In this polarized age that

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Blogging

Fruitless Blogging

January 31, 2022

For me, blogging is an outlet for the extra expressions of life and ministry. Though I know for some authors it is their job to blog, not so for me. Just as a

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Shepherding Is Never Outdated

January 26, 2022

This article appears in this month's edition of Tabletalk magazine. The consistent biblical metaphor for caring for the local church is shepherding. Yet some believe this approach is outdated. In the West, we

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3GT Episode 251: Worshiping with Our Bodies

January 25, 2022

As staid Presbyterian men, using their bodies in worship it’s not something Scott and Barry think about all that much. But a recent inquiry from a parishioner get them to thinking! For

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3GT Episode 250: How to Listen to a Sermon

January 12, 2022

We do it all the time. Listen to sermons, that is. Yet are we listening as we ought? Most preachers behind the pulpit spend a great deal of time preparing to deliver their

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Turretin on the Spirit's Work in Preaching

January 10, 2022

The following post was first delivered as a talk at the Westminster Conference sponsored by Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary last fall and then recently published in the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Journal. As Turretin

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