Barry York

Warning: Though I have sought to word carefully this post so as not to be explicit, the nature of the subject means certain references are unavoidable. To my knowledge it was the only

Gentle Reformation is happy that three new contributors are coming on board!  In the days ahead you should see their information loading up and contributions coming from them. Here is the briefest of

Friend and fellow Gentle Reformation blogger Dr. Michael LeFebvre recently had a new book he coauthored published.  Below is a short interview I conducted to find out more about the book and Michael&

Watching a lively thunderstorm roll in Saturday night with my family on the back porch (God's fireworks cancelling the puny ones by comparison planned that evening); drinking Miriam's homemade

I know commandments restricting any behavior are out these days.  I know what's in is counseling removing any shame.  I know youth think anything is allowable except someone telling you certain

In answer to prayer and at the urgings of a young man in our congregation, last night our church began door-to-door visitation.  We plan to do this throughout the summer.   With two of

Like many of my minister friends, my Sabbath Day was full as I taught a class and preached morning and evening yesterday.  And certainly having a good number of visitors who appear to

In high school my basketball coach, commenting on how skinny I was, said at our senior banquet that "York has to jump around in the shower just to get wet."  Well,

Our call to worship yesterday was the fourth commandment.  You are to remember the Sabbath Day so you can use the Sabbath Day to remember you were once slaves (see Deuteronomy 5:13-15)

Last night Sycamore Covenant Academy had a graduation ceremony with just one graduate. Below follows the charge called "Flying Straight & True" that I gave to Moriah Fisher based on our

When I taught algebra classes and students had to graph parabolas, I enjoyed using that as an occasion to show God's order in His creation.  From the sagging of telephone wires

Following my post of yesterday, the video below was brought to my attention. As well as thanking God for His Son's revelation, you have to admire this young man's

In the Old Testament Class I teach for our academy [http://www.sycamorerpc.org/sca/index.html], my students were given the assignment this quarter of memorizing a verse from each of the

When the Lord chooses to keep putting before me a matter again and again in different ways in a short period of time, it usually takes me several knocks up side the head

My neighbor said it's because I'm getting old, but despite the persecution I keep filling my bird feeders and enjoying watching the visitors coming to our tree.  Yesterday I

Read John 3:16 slowly from the increasingly popular English Standard Version (ESV) translation of the Bible below.  See if you can identify the "missing" word from the most popular verse

One has testified somewhere, saying, "Every pastor needs a Paul."  (If acknowledging you heard something - but aren't sure where - worked for the author of Hebrews, it works

As I'll be speaking tonight to a college group about the importance of boundary stones, I thought I'd update you on one that continues to be both challenged and

Picture yourself for a moment a few centuries ago as a passenger on a storm-tossed sailing vessel in the midst of a raging gale.  Water is deep in the hold and, despite hours

Perhaps we should call it "Faux Pastoring," with the second word pronounced "pah-ster-ing."    You know, the committing of those little violations of accepted social norms while pulpit preaching.  I

Teaching my Old Testament students from Hosea this week, I was confronted again with what His people's sin and idolatry look like to God.  We look like a prostitute to Him.

I always enjoy reading Anthony Bradley, a WORLD magazine columnist. Dr. Bradley, an Associate Professor of Theology and Ethics at The King’s College in New York City as well as a Research

Hopefully what I am about to tell you is not true for other pastors.  Yet given the epidemic, I would not be surprised if it were so.  Over the last decade of my

"Dad, guess what?  You'll be so surprised!" My eight year-old daughter Celia said breathlessly on the phone this morning. "What?  What is it?" "We found the

Here at Gentle Reformation we have made the conscience decision not to engage in endless internet controversies and cyberspace name-calling.  Self-admittedly we are reluctant to put up our dukes, and we sigh deeply