Kyle Borg

presbyterianism

A City on a Hill

June 09, 2021

Openness and visibility is the ordinary handmaid to the work of the church and not a liability to our public image, and secrecy and concealment have no regular part in our labors.

presbyterianism

When Presbyterian Rubber Meets the Road

May 24, 2021

This is where the rubber meets the road. This is Presbyterianism at work addressing what is, at least broadly speaking, the third mark of the church: issues of discipline. This isn’t ancillary to the work of the church but rests upon the very foundation of our identity.

Christian Attitude Towards Persecution

Preparing for the Stewardship of Persecution

May 07, 2021

If a coming persecution should dispel that appearance for what it is – a mere mirage – then let the church of Jesus Christ assume its ancient glory and rest in the infallible promise of Jesus.

Guilty!

April 21, 2021

As I watched and listened I felt it. I didn’t feel sad and I didn’t feel celebratory. But I did feel the weight and heaviness of that word: Guilty.

pastoral ministry

What Does a Pastor Do?

April 01, 2021

“What does a pastor do?” Unsurprisingly, it’s a question I get a lot from people inside and outside of the church. Sometimes it’s asked with a note of interested inquisitiveness, and other times with a hint of jaded cynicism.

sexual abuse

What If They Had Known?

March 05, 2021

The church should be a pasture where the littlest lambs are loved and protected, safe and comfortable. It should be a place that mimics the tender and gentle watchfulness of Jesus, and where our youngest members feel as cared for by Christians as they are by Jesus. It shouldn't be hunting grounds.

3 John

Diotrephes and the Fracturing of the Church

March 04, 2021

Often the worst fracturing is done by arrogance, wicked speech, and divisiveness slowly seeping into the fellowship of the church and breaking it apart.

Lent

Lent: Glitter or Gold?

February 16, 2021

Just because someone wants something to promote a good and godly end, doesn’t mean it will. So, does Lent have the appearance without the power: the glitter without the gold?

social media

iGeneration and iDentity

February 12, 2021

My childhood was filled with significant and meaningful relationships that were important to my development. Like many kids my age I had normal community interactions at home, school, sports, and church. Whether it

Lord's Day

The NFL's "Holy Day"

February 04, 2021

He’s commanded one day where those other things, good as they are on those six days, take a back seat to things of first importance. On the Lord’s Day — the very day that bears Jesus’ name — he shouldn’t have to compete for our attention and time.

Current Events

When gods Fail

January 06, 2021

Let the politics and politicians fail. Let the elections go as the will. Let the gods stumble and fall so that our hearts – by any means necessary – are pried from the soul killing sin of vain confidence in men

Church Abuse

A Parable from the Dead

January 01, 2021

In death, Ravi Zacharias bears his deserved shame and what that means only the Judge of all the earth knows, and he will do right. But let every church and congregation take heed unless He who holds the seven stars in his hand should remove the lampstand from its place.

John Calvin

A Godly Citizen: Help From the Past

December 15, 2020

How can I be a godly citizen? In answering that question even among Christians there’s been over-the-top rhetoric about tyranny, a brutish need to self-assert "rights," a cowering in fear and anxiety, and a general lack of a wise and discerning spirit.

Christmas

Away With The Manger

December 10, 2020

The fact that the Jesus, the Word of God, was made man doesn’t entitle us to make pictures of him scenic as the nativity set may be. To do so actually detracts from the true meaning — not of Christmas — but of the incarnation.

Carl Trueman

Jumping Into the Rabbit-Hole

November 24, 2020

It’s not simply the LGBTQ+ community, or progressive liberals who have been influenced. We may not be eating the same apples but we’re eating from the same tree. Too much has been yielded to the modern self by Christians who, equipped with their Bibles, should know better.

pastoral ministry

Managing Expectations

September 25, 2020

Rumor has it William Shakespeare once said: “Expectation is the root of all heartache.” I don’t actually know if he said it, but things always sound better when you slap a reputable

wisdom

The Blessing of "No Men"

September 15, 2020

But those that have done me the best good in my life are those friends who can loving challenge and object. Again, as Solomon said: “Whoever rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than he who flatters with his tongue” (Proverbs 28:23). We need more “No Men” in our lives.

Impartiality

Peeking Past the Blindfold

September 11, 2020

As we hold our faith in the Lord of glory and are controlled and influenced by his interests and purpose our eyes are veiled to the face of man and impartiality becomes our blindfold.

Memory

John H. Tweed | An Ordinary Pastor

May 25, 2020

Inevitably, the time comes when in faith you must give them up for it is the singular honor of the Great Shepherd who alone can pass through that gate with his sheep. Today, Jesus has tended another one of his sheep through the pasture of this life and into eternity.

Civil Disobedience

Some Thoughts on Christian Civil Disobedience

April 18, 2020

There are times when as Christians we need to disobey our governing authorities. But it is only when they require us to be disobedient to God — when the only way we can obey them is to be unfaithful to God.

Public Worship

To Exiled Congregations

April 15, 2020

This is a letter that I sent to my congregation last week. In the state of Kansas, until Saturday, April 11th churches were exempt from the restrictions placed on public gatherings. Our Governor

Ashbel Green

Pestilence and Pastoral Ministry

March 20, 2020

Each of us in our own place and vocation have challenges to face and obstacles to overcome. I'm a pastor and so I feel the unique burdens that this pandemic brings for the pastorate.

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Readalong

March 19, 2020

My office has a window facing north that opens to miles and miles of fields. As I sit looking out that window I see dreary skies, rain puddles, and the promise of more storms on the horizon. In some ways it's a metaphor of where society finds itself these days as we endure the COVID-19 pandemic.

alcohol

The Dominion of Drunkenness

February 14, 2020

God is saying that one of humanity’s purposes is to make use of this earth — all of its vast resources — for producing, researching, discovering, inventing, and advancing. That includes using plants to bring forth wine to gladden the heart. Drunkenness turns that upside down.

Implications of the incarnation

Confessing the Incarnation

December 24, 2019

The incarnation of Jesus isn’t something we can take for granted. It’s central, it’s true, it’s specific, and it’s effective. What is necessary is that the church confess this truth every day of the year: God became flesh in the person of Jesus Christ.