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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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Browse Worthy: The Immigration Crisis

February 02, 2017

With so many protests and so much in the news about the president's immigration ban, here are a few articles hopefully to encourage calm, reasoned thinking on the matter. Trump'

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3GT Episode 23: Who May Come to the Lord's Table?

January 31, 2017

The 3GTers discuss qualifications for communing in the church, when/if children may participate (paedocommunion), and church membership in an age where belonging to Sam's Club seems more important. [audio mp3=

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But I Do, Dad

January 30, 2017

You are often there, in the edges of my dreams.__Quiet. Not speaking. Not like you were in life. Working, hunting, fishing, fixing - always using your hands. And always, always a story

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3GT Episode 22: What's a Pro-Lifer to Do?

January 24, 2017

Forty-four years and counting. Tens of millions of deaths. Women around the country marching to continue the infanticide. Will anything work to overturn Roe v. Wade? The 3GTers urge us on in the

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One-Minute Testimony

An Emoji Testimony

January 23, 2017

I want to give you a simple way to share your faith. Not trivialize it, as the title of this post could imply, but help solidify it in your heart and mind as

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Lord of Men and Nations

January 19, 2017

The following article is a guest post by Brad Johnston, pastor of the Topeka Reformed Presbyterian Church. In sharing this news about a national confession of faith by the country of Poland, we

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Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Preaching Versus Teaching

January 16, 2017

As I instruct students in homiletics, one of the distinctions I try to help them see is that of preaching versus teaching. Clearly, pastors must do both, and there is a great deal

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3GT Episode 21: Get Your Scorecard Here!

January 16, 2017

New format! New schedule! Even a new line-up! Listen to the changes coming to 3GT! [audio mp3=" https://threeguystheologizing.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/3gt-11117.mp3 "][/audio]

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David Murray

The Dovetail Nature of Scripture

January 09, 2017

Recently, I worked with a talented friend in his well-equipped workshop in making some storm windows for my study. His gifts and abilities were fun to watch as he went from coming up

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Bruce Stewart

Reflections on Dr. Bruce Stewart

January 02, 2017

Last Friday, I attended the quietly glorious memorial service of Bruce Stewart. Dr. Stewart served faithfully and well at the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary as Professor of Pastoral Theology and also as President

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A 2016 Thank You!

December 29, 2016

During a busy holiday week with friends and family coming and going, I have been on the internet less and face-to-face more. So I was a bit delayed in receiving some good news

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children

The Most Hurtful Comments of Job's Friends?

December 26, 2016

Each time I read through the drama of the Book of Job, some new theme seems to stick out to me. The limit of Satan's power. The majesty of God in

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God's Love

Our Heart Telescope

December 19, 2016

In 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope was launched, making it unique among attempts to peer into the universe. As Hubble orbits the Earth, it does so above the atmosphere, which distorts and even

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Browse Worthy: The Trumpian Landscape

December 15, 2016

With the election over and the inevitable setting in, people are wondering what factors led to Trump's victory and what will things look like as he takes over. Here are a

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Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

The Too Visible Church

December 12, 2016

Theologians like to speak of the distinction between the invisible church and the visible church. The invisible church "consists of the whole number of the elect" (WCF 25.1 [http://www.

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Luke 2 and Jesus' Birthplace

December 09, 2016

The video below is a guest post from Dr. Michael LeFebvre, pastor of Christ Church Reformed Presbyterian in Brownsburg, Indiana, and author of _Singing the Songs of Jesus: Revisiting the Psalms [http://singing%

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Abraham Kuyper

What Netflix’s ‘The Crown’ Reveals About Christ and Culture

December 05, 2016

The following is a guest post by J.K. Wall who is a writer in Indianapolis. His modernized abridgment of William Symington’s work, Messiah the Prince Revisited [http://www.crownandcovenant.com/Messiah_

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BuzzFeed

Browse Worthy: Online Bullying

December 01, 2016

One of the peculiarities of the Digital Age is how quickly mass hysteria can arise against someone. Perhaps the most famous case of this phenomenon is chronicled in _The New York Times Magazine

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18 Proverbs for Church Struggles: What Pain in Church Life Has Taught Me

November 28, 2016

If my perfect Lord learned obedience through suffering, so must all who follow him. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nothing helps like dry and thirsty times to bring out the sweet taste of the Psalms. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The best prayers

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Like That First Thanksgiving of Old

November 24, 2016

Friends are coming today. _They will join our little feast. _ _Expected, we will pray and eat, _ Offering thanks for God's goodness Of food and friendship, Like that first Thanksgiving of old.

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Counseling

The Relationship of Preaching to Pastoral Counseling

November 21, 2016

In Colossians 1:28, the Apostle Paul states, “We proclaim Him, admonishing every man and teaching every man with all wisdom, so that we may present every man complete in Christ.” The goal

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Complacency

The Common Sin of Middle Age Believers

November 17, 2016

Each stage of adult life presents its own unique challenges. Young adults worry about finding work and getting married. Older folks have increasing health problems and the loss of independent living. And those

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Humor

Another Tale of Squirrel Nut’s Kins

November 14, 2016

_Perhaps it was the fact a squirrel blew out a transformer last week and left the seminary without electricity for a few hours. Orhearing even nursing home residents are not safe [http://www.

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Casting Lots

Casting (Bal)lots

November 07, 2016

> **The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD. - **Proverbs 16:33 Many have commented how incredible it is that we have come to the

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Brandon Hatmaker

Browse Worthy: The Hatmaker Controversy

November 03, 2016

Recently Jen Hatmaker, a professing Christian author and star of a hit television show "My Big Family Renovation [http://www.hgtv.com/shows/my-big-family-renovation]," created a firestorm over comments she made

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