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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: Gospel Wars

July 25, 2013

The Supreme Court & DOMA - In light of the recent Supreme Court ruling on the Defense of Marriage Act, Rosaria Butterfield gives her unique albeit Biblical perspective on how we should view

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Christian Worship

Being with Jesus at the Evening Service

July 24, 2013

Years ago my wife and I sat down next to my seminary professor of New Testament, Dr. Renwick Wright, and his wife for an evening service. Looking around the sanctuary, he expressed a

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Through Colored Glass

July 16, 2013

When we left the congregation of Sycamore last month, they presented us with a beautiful stain glass piece taken from one of the old windows of the church.  Designed by Susan Spiegel and

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Christ in the Old Testament

Book Review: David Murray's Jesus on Every Page

July 12, 2013

I am excited to make it known here that David Murray's new book, Jesus on Every Page, can be pre-ordered at Amazon for its August 20th release date.  As the subtitle

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Funeral

Holy Grieving

July 11, 2013

I know Gentle Reformation has been relatively quiet recently.  I know for me my inactivity here has been mostly due to grieving that, like the chaotic storms we have witnessed as of late,

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In Memory of Lieschen Hoeksema

June 29, 2013

Following our move to Western Pennsylvania two weeks ago, my wife had to leave my side three days later to go be with her dad, sisters, and our daughter as they cared for

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Discretion

Discretion

June 22, 2013

As a rogue NSA employee and an eager media have shown us as of late, we still do not know the  depths of how much of our private lives are under the surveillance

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A Guide to Christian Living

A Sweet Ouch

June 11, 2013

From A Guide to Christian Living (pages pp.28-31), a devotional extracted from the third book of John Calvin's Institutes of Christian Religion: When Scripture commands us in our dealings with

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Apologetics; Problem of Evil; Sandy Hook Shootings

High School Apologetics

June 10, 2013

In the apologetics course I taught this past year at the academy our congregation sponsors, I assigned groups of two or three students a project that required the following: 1. Document that you

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Honey from the Rock

June 04, 2013

Last Friday evening our family spent a wonderful evening with the Sycamore congregation and some special friends as we remembered more than two decades of time together.  With a lovely banquet dinner prepared

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Meanderings

May 31, 2013

With our schedule, not much blogging time as of late.  So I appreciate the recent offerings of the other "GenRef Gents" as I like to call them.  But here are a

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Corporate Worship

Defining Corporate Worship

May 16, 2013

From a recent class on worship, we hammered out a brief, Biblical, working definition of what a local congregation should be pursuing as it worships the Lord as His holy temple here on

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Dennis Prutow

A GenRef Podcast: Interview with Dennis Prutow

May 13, 2013

Dr. Dennis Prutow is the Professor of Homiletics and Pastoral Theology at the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary (RPTS) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  A former Army chaplain, seasoned pastor, and author, Denny's life

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The Little Things I'll Miss

May 08, 2013

As the time approaches for my family to move from Indiana to Pennsylvania next month, life has almost been too busy for reflection.  Selling and purchasing a home.  Finishing teaching one seminary class

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Gospel Gleanings

May 06, 2013

In an interview following his retirement, John Piper pointed out that the Bible does not necessarily mean there will not be any type of tear in heaven.  Rather, the Scriptures testify that God

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preaching

Sermonic Echoes

April 23, 2013

During my seminary days attending Covenant Fellowship Church in Pittsburgh, I was blessed to sit under the preaching of Pastor Ken Smith.  We witnessed people being converted, growing disciples, and joyful singing filling

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Female Body Image

Looking into the People Mirror

April 17, 2013

As Calvin taught in the opening of The Institutes of Christian Religion, we cannot truly know ourselves until we know God.  A corollary to that principle (though it must be stated more carefully)

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Genesis

A Creative Marriage Thought

April 15, 2013

As we prepare to see a son and then a daughter wed soon (he at the end of May, she the first week of June), my wife and I rejoice over the Lord&

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Browse Worthy: Culture Wars

April 12, 2013

As the cultural wars intensify, here are some links that will assist you: Suicide - Following the suicide of well-known pastor Rick Warren's son last week, there has been an explosion

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B.M. Palmer

The Poetic Life of the Christian - Part 3

April 10, 2013

We come now to the third and last post on the poetic life of the Christian. As stated in the first post on this subject, the lives of believers are to be poetic

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Two Adams Met in Me

April 05, 2013

Two Adams met in me. The first enslaved; the Other set free. The serpent blinded my first father to God's glory; Yet Seed of woman crushing his head is now my

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Charles Spurgeon

The Poetic Life of the Christian - Part 2

April 02, 2013

While I do not suffer from color blindness, I do have a condition that might best be described as "beauty blindness."  I simply need help from others  to see many of

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John Flavel

The Poetic Life of the Christian - Part 1

March 28, 2013

A few days ago I spoke to a group of college students about a subject in which I am ill-trained. I gave a talk on poetry. I even spent most of the time

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Praying for a Brother

March 25, 2013

Dr. Rich Holdeman, pastor of the Bloomington Reformed Presbyterian Church, contributor here at Gentle Reformation, and a dearly loved brother, just announced recently he has been diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.  Though we

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Cyprus

Unjust Inclosures

March 19, 2013

At one time large swaths of pasture lands, fields, and forests were open in England for local people to use for such things as pasturing animals, gathering wood, or hunting.  Yet through "

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