Abernathy Brothers Fathers, Avoid Exasperating Your Children September 25, 2017 Recently in class, I was reminding pastoral students that they learn to shepherd a congregation, and show they are qualified for it, by caring for their own families (I Tim. 3:4-5; Tit.
Derek Thomas Browse Worthy: Tim Challies' Visual Theology September 21, 2017 Little by little over the past few years, Tim Challies [http://challies.com], with the assistance of a graphic artist, has been building an impressive array of visually sharp diagrams, charts, and displays
3GT Episode 53: Plants & Pillars September 19, 2017 In this episode, 3GT becomes 3DT - Three Dads Theologizing! For Aaron read Psalm 144 and, boy, is he full of questions! First, he wants to know why daughters are described as palace
Alan Strange The Half-Way Covenant & Whole-Hearted Youth Ministry September 18, 2017 Baptists and Presbyterians can agree regarding one application of child baptism in church history. What was known as the Half-way Covenant was a bad idea. Yet from it we can gain a valuable
3GT Episode 52: Food Fads & Diabolical Diets September 12, 2017 Kyle the husband was served white rice and he wants to know why. Aaron the science teacher rants about scientific food studies. Barry the absent-minded struggles to remember videos and movies. It'
C.J. Williams Post Tenebras Lux: Celebrating 500 Years of Luther's Influence September 11, 2017 The Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary [http://rpts.edu/]in cooperation with the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals [http://www.alliancenet.org] annually hosts the Westminster Conference that kicks off the school year in early
Browse Worthy: The Nashville Statement September 07, 2017 [Nashville Statement](http://Council for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood) | Council for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood The Council for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood issued a declaration consisting of fourteen articles addressing the gender and
3GT Episode 51: Heretic! Heretic! September 05, 2017 From a question that arose during family worship, the prof turns the pastor and parishioner's attention to II Peter 2 and asks how to identify a heretic. For it is a
Andrew Carnegie Like Scarecrows in Cucumber Fields September 04, 2017 That's how Jeremiah mocked the idols of his day. After describing the vanity of people constructing gods from wood, silver, and gold, then setting them up and fastening them so they
Psalter Project Psalter Project: The Lord is My Shepherd September 01, 2017 Our friends at Psalter Project [https://psalterproject.com/]have a new production of Psalm 23. As they say: > 'The Lord is my Shepherd' captures the heart of Psalter Project'
David Powlison Browse Worthy: David Powlison on the Sexually Broken August 31, 2017 The_Crossway _ [https://www.crossway.org/]blog site recently published a series of four articles highlighting truths found in David Powlison's new bookMaking All Things New: Restoring Joy to the Sexually
3GT Episode 50: The Noble Martyrs August 29, 2017 Yes, they made it to 50 (and maybe even a little beyond like the prof)! The guys reflect a bit on their experience with 3GT and hope they can at least double the
Anne of Green Gables Kindred Spirits August 28, 2017 Anyone familiar with Anne of Green Gables will immediately think of Anne's search for true friendship when they hear the term "kindred spirits." This poor orphan finally finding heart
A Love Greater than Family August 25, 2017 Psalm 87:2 gives expression to a sentiment of God that is worthy of Christian reflection: > The Lord loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwelling places of Jacob.” In
3GT Episode 49: Taking His Name in Vain August 22, 2017 What does it mean to take the Lord's name in vain? Our inquiring parishioner wants to know! The 3GTers tackle another commandment, this time the third one. Why is God'
Devil The Devil's Glasses August 21, 2017 No, this post is not about looking at the eclipse. Rather, someone once illustrated temptation in this way. When you are being tempted, the devil sets on your nose a pair of false
Summer Days, Unread Books, and Butterfly Wings August 14, 2017 On vacation near Lake Michigan again, here's a memory from ten years ago from my old blog. When I am on vacation, I have one idea of how I like to
Rural Ministry 3GT Episode 48: Small Town Ministry August 10, 2017 You got it - we've finally given Kyle his own episode! After we have fun learning more about Winchester, Kansas, we dig into his recent article in _Tabletalk _on rural ministry.
Browse Worthy: The Slippery Slope August 07, 2017 Some helpful articles have appeared recently discussing how ministers, churches, and denominations can start the downhill slide down into theological liberalism that destroys evangelical faith, personal holiness, and ecclesiastical integrity. The following posts
Church Discipline 3GT Episode 47: The Mark of Church Discipline August 01, 2017 Seriously, is one of the top three attributes of a true church, in addition to preaching and the sacraments, really discipline? How can this be? What about other attributes such as love or
Motherly Grief July 31, 2017 The following piece is the sad companion to one I wrote a number of years ago entitled "Fatherly Grief [https://gentlereformation.com/2010/05/17/fatherly-grief/]". Lying next to me, I
3GT Episode 46: Reforming Women July 25, 2017 No, the guys are not plotting about how they can try to change their wives. They know better than that! Rather, they look at the growing trend of women studying, discussing, and promoting
Abuse What's a Hurting Wife To Do? July 24, 2017 Following Rebecca VanDoodewaard's article "A High View of Marriage Includes Divorce [https://gentlereformation.com/2017/07/20/a-high-view-of-marriage-includes-divorce/]" here on Gentle Reformation, and with the internet abuzz with Australian
Divorce A High View of Marriage Includes Divorce July 20, 2017 The following article is a guest post by Rebecca VanDoodewaard, author of Uprooted: A Guide for Homesick Christians [http://www.heritagebooks.org/products/uprooted-a-guide-for-homesick-christians-vandoodeward.html] and Your Future 'Other Half': It
3GT Episode 45: Does ESV = ESS? July 18, 2017 Grab your English Standard Version (ESV) Bible, look up John 14:10 and 16:13, then compare it with another version. Notice the difference? That's what the prof asks Aaron and
