3GT Episode 285: The Necessity of Church Membership May 03, 2023 Finally, the guys are back in the recording studio! Well, at least two of them are. After their usual banter, they get down to the task at hand as they discuss the necessity
Pastors' Wives and Burdens May 02, 2023 The following article is a guest post by Rebecca VanDoodewaard, author of Uprooted: A Guide for Homesick Christians, Your Future ‘Other Half’: It Matters Whom You Marry, and Reformation Women: Sixteenth-Century Figures Who
LEARNING TO THRIVE April 29, 2023 At the Bible studies in the prison chapels where I teach, the next verses at which we will look are these: I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to
Revitalization A Stump with Its Roots in the Ground: The Fulton Story April 26, 2023 The Reformed Presbyterian Church in Fulton, New York is experiencing heavy pruning and new growth under the tender and skillful hand of our Vinedresser.
Suffering and God's purposes From Suffering to Simplicity April 25, 2023 Hosea 6:1 says "Come, let us return to the LORD; for he has torn us, that he may heal us". Here a wife and mother speaks of the Lord's purposes in her suffering.
If Predestination, Why Evangelism? April 24, 2023 One of the questions that I receive as a Reformed minister from those outside of our theological tradition is this: "If predestination is true, why should we evangelize?" Superficially, the question
John the Baptist What did Elizabeth mean? April 20, 2023 I was reflecting this morning on the prophetic greeting given to Mary when the unborn infant John leapt in his mother's womb. What did Elizabeth believe? Elizabeth believed that Mary had
Walk Wisely April 17, 2023 Why is our nation unraveling at the seams? Why is the social perversion of transgenderism being hoisted on us with missionary zeal wherever we turn? Why is there so much division over politics,
Marriage An Unfaithful View of Marriage April 15, 2023 . . . what isn't as obvious to us is just how pervasively sexual cruelty is preached and taught in our circles.
Preternatural vs. Supernatural April 14, 2023 It may be that we use the word "supernatural" all too loosely. St. Thomas Aquinas (1225 - 1274) made a three-fold distinction between the categories of natural, preternatural, and supernatural which
Polity Matters April 11, 2023 Are the rules of the church arbitrary? Do we follow the rules as a part of our commitment to Jesus or are they just something we get from the world? This is a
Resurrection Sunday April 10, 2023 Christians have always accorded special significance to the first day of the week. We worship corporately on Sunday because it was the day on which Jesus rose from the dead.
A Sexular Society April 08, 2023 (Sexular—coined by Australian pastor, writer and blogger Stephen McAlpine in ‘A Sexular Age’. This article was sparked by his use of the word.) We used to live in a religious world, where
Shepherding The Heart of Christ April 05, 2023 The book of Hebrews is an incredibly valuable book. It is a superb theological text. Of course, it’s not a complete theology, but the theology in the book is impeccable. For example,
3GT Episode 284: I Have a Confession! April 04, 2023 While the parishioner is away on vacation, the guys were still able to keep the 3 in 3GT! For they welcome pastor and author, Dr. Nathan Eshelman, as they review his new book
Stories of Hope 2023 April 03, 2023 For a number of years in the spring, College Hill Reformed Church has held evangelistic services called "Stories of Hope." The services have this name for at least three reasons: 1)
I WILL HAVE MERCY March 30, 2023 At each of the state prison chapels where I have fellowship, my brothers and I have been studying the New Testament letter to the Romans since the middle of October. In recent weeks
Gospel Mourning March 28, 2023 Jesus said, "Blessed are those that mourn." It is in this gospel mourning God comes to his people. The Spirit gives comfort as we mourn for sin and the effects of
repentance Coerced Confession March 28, 2023 We must take care not to do the work of repentance for our brothers and sisters, lest we falsify the work that only the Spirit of God can produce.
Reformed Presbyterian History Gone But Not Forgotten March 22, 2023 The driving passion of the Hunters and the Crocketts was their deep commitment to Jesus Christ and the Reformed Presbyterian Church.
Controversy It's Not Enough to be Right March 21, 2023 It’s been well said that it’s possible to win the argument but lose the person. Similarly, it’s possible to be on the right side of a debate, but conduct ourselves
Is it Okay to Doubt? March 20, 2023 "Is it okay to doubt?" is a question that I received recently from a young woman in my congregation. This is a broad question, but one that I think is important
Introducing the Blue Banter Podcast! March 20, 2023 Yes, your read that title correctly. A new podcast has started called Blue Banter. Two recent Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary graduates have started this conversational podcast where they interview an RPCNA minister. As
pastors Remember your Leaders March 17, 2023 On 4 March our congregation lost the man who had pastored the church for 35 years before me. I want to share the main points of the two messages I preached the day after his death.
A Pastoral Lesson from the Past March 16, 2023 In 2024 I will have been in the pastoral ministry for thirty years. However, almost twenty years ago I started reading some books that have become a yearly literary staple. They are the
