prayer Great Power in its Effects May 26, 2020 “I’ll pray for you”. Do those words feel like throw-away offerings of help when you don’t know what to say? Or do you ever feel bashful as you offer those words of promise? What then is the value of prayer...
Fear Fear of a Changing World March 17, 2020 We are experiencing strange times. It’s hard to read the news without being tempted to fear. If ever there is a time to counsel our own hearts away from anxiety it is likely now.
Satan Our Enemy February 05, 2020 In our circles, we don't particularly like to think about angels and demons. We like a faith that is a little less supernatural than biblical Christianity presents, because unseen realities external to us are unsettling. After all, we can't see them, and we don’t like that!
Death Domesticating Death November 19, 2019 Last month, death unwelcomely inserted itself into my family's life. Death has a way of doing that. It barges right in, uninvited, disrupting life. It rudely divides families, and leaves those who remain behind mourning, sorrowful, and diminished...
ethics God Says it...That Settles it? September 17, 2019 I'm sure many can recall the bumper sticker, "God says it, I believe it, that settles it". Unfortunately the typical response to this clichéd Christian catchphrase still makes the rounds in reformed and evangelical churches today...
Church Discipline Loving Discipline August 31, 2019 I remember my very first Presbytery meeting well—not because it was my first—but because a pastor was under discipline due to grievous sin. There is nothing quite like that experience...
gossip When to Get Involved July 30, 2019 We are naturally curious, with an innate desire to understand and come to greater knowledge. As such, we long to be included. But when is it good to get involved in someone else’s business, and when is it better to keep out?
women Women, Your Voice is Needed May 29, 2019 The question often comes up: “what role do women play in the church?” While I don’t suppose we can solve the question presently, we can begin to address one element of that question from Acts 18:24-26.
suffering Never let a "good" affliction go to waste! March 29, 2019 In 2006, John Piper wrote a helpful piece entitled "Don't Waste Your Cancer". The same spiritual truths undergirding his point ought to be applied to every affliction believers face. If we fail to pursue and receive spiritual good in our trials, we waste our affliction.
truthfulness Speaking with the Tongue of our Father January 31, 2019 Have you noticed how easily we stretch the truth? Exaggerate a little here, embellish a bit there, liven our story with some additions peppered throughout? Okay, let's be honest: we lie!
