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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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Church Planting

A Voting Question

September 04, 2012

During this election season, so often we ask or are asked the question, "Who are you going to vote for?" Yet is there not a more elementary question we should be

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Reading Scripture Publicly

August 30, 2012

One of the most underestimated and neglected portions of Christian worship services is the reading of God's Word.  In many places it has simply been set aside, replaced with other activities

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Plastic Bananas

August 27, 2012

While preaching on the petition "Hallowed be Your name" last night by urging our congregation to pray for true conversions that would glorify the sovereign grace of God, I used the

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Browse Worthy (8/21/2012)

August 21, 2012

How about some well-written articles that remind us of the need to care for unborn children, orphaned kids, college students, and hurting wives? More Abortion Truth [http://kellyclinger.com/2012/08/11/we-cant-handle-the-truth-about-abortion/

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College

A Strange Grief

August 20, 2012

Though I have been through it before, and it's coming was as sure as the seasons changing, I still was not able to fend off the sadness it brings. I'

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Boudia

The Faithfulness of a Disciple

August 13, 2012

I = 10 + 30D Know what this old formula was once used for?  A hint is to think of the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word "faithful."

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Lakeside Ruminations

August 09, 2012

_Since high school days I have been comingto Lake Michigan at my wife's parents' home(__where I am now writing this) __for vacations and getaways.  A__s they are now

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Impartiality

Practicing While Preaching

August 06, 2012

This past Lord's Day, I had to practice what I preached while I preached.  How so? Lately I have been preaching each week on one of the eight qualities of heavenly

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Computer

Computer Screen Verses

August 03, 2012

Pastors and elders, what about posting these verses above your computer screen to help with temptation? > Then he said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the

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Browse Worthy (8/2/2012)

August 02, 2012

Creativity [http://headhearthand.org/blog/2012/08/02/our-calling-to-christ-like-creativity/] - Over at HeadHeartHand [http://headhearthand.org/]David Murray, whose eye-pleasing website displays well his and others' creativity,  has been doing a series

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Prayer meeting

Mentor Whispers

July 31, 2012

Last week retired pastor Dr. Roy Blackwood, who has been a longtime mentor to me, and his family made yet more volumes of his library available.  Knowing that many of my friends had

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Lord's Prayer

The Subject of Your Prayers

July 30, 2012

I know this may sound like one of those cheesy ads on a website sidebar, or perhaps the trite fare so often offered in evangelical circles, but I do not know how else

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Allergies

Allergy Prescription from the Doctor

July 25, 2012

One of the great soul ailments from which we all need to be cured is self-pity.  How about I offer you a doctor’s prescription for it? In his homilies on Psalm 73

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Summer Musings on Youth

July 20, 2012

With spatters against roof and window beckoning us, our family was drawn last evening to sit on our front porch and watch together a soaking summer storm.  Nothing like the drought here in

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Anne Frank

Jesus' Diary

July 17, 2012

A diary, if shared, can open up for us the private thoughts and world of the author. Readers can feel as if they know the person and his or her time when they

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Numbers 15

Of Sabbath Sticks & Stones

July 05, 2012

Like traveling down a highway on a vacation trip only to come upon a grisly accident, reading through the Scriptures can have a jarring impact upon you at times.  A short passage in

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Carrie Underwood

Rip Current

June 26, 2012

Each summer our family spends time on the shores of western Michigan.  Swimming in the cool water of Lake Michigan and riding its waves on floats or with bodies never grows tiresome. Sadly,

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God-Man

The True God-Man

June 20, 2012

In this summer of superheroes, why not "marvel" over these truths? He was baptized as Man— but He remitted sins as God. He was tempted as Man, but He conquered as

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Berenstain Bears

A Stolen Motto

June 11, 2012

In the children’s book _Berenstain Bear’s Nature Guide, _one page shows this famous bear family walking through the woods wondering at the beauty they see all around them.  Displayed across the

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Sweet non-Tweet

June 09, 2012

Union w/ Christ is > that of head w/ body. That point made by the martyrs, who preferred 2 lose heads rather than Christ. -Nicolas Kavasilas

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Gendercide

Gendercide

May 31, 2012

Gendercide is the newly coined term for the selective killing of people of one sex.  Most often it refers to the practice of nations which encourage for cultural and/or for governmental reasons

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Children Sermons

Sermon Fit for a Child's Mind

May 29, 2012

This past Lord's Day I preached a children's sermon.  Twice.  One was for the little ones in our congregation.  Then a few hours later I used the same message,

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A Graduation Reminder

May 25, 2012

Last night Sycamore Covenant Academy [http://www.sycamorerpc.org/sca/index.html] had a graduation service for five young people.  Through both smiles and tears (including this dad's), these godly young

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The Unwavering Principle

May 23, 2012

Drive out of my Indiana town in any direction and, before it is out of sight in your rear view mirror, you immediately encounter farmland stretching out before you.  With this sunny spring,

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Christian Pundit

Church Architecture

May 21, 2012

Rebecca VanDoodewaard at _The Christian Pundit [http://thechristianpundit.org/] _has been doing an insightful series on the architecture of churches, especially their sanctuaries.  She shows how the architecture reflects the theological viewpoints of

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