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"May my teaching drop as the rain... like gentle rain upon the tender grass" Deuteronomy 32:2

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For Our Immanuel Draws Near

December 25, 2023

Barry York Barry York
Evaluation

Time To Stop and Consider

December 23, 2023

The world and Bible both see this truth. Now as we end the year, it is a time to stop look around, evaluate, and plan. For life is short and the days are fast.

Kyle E. Sims Kyle E. Sims
Peace

Peace on Earth: Middle East?

December 23, 2023

“Peace in the Middle East” is such a long-standing pressing need that it has become a cruel joke for a platform in beauty contest satires and other portrayals of impossible aspiration.

Kit Swartz

Lessons Learned from a Friend

December 23, 2023

The following is a guest post written by Mark Sampson, Director of Institutional Advancement at Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary and a ruling elder at Grace Reformed Presbyterian Church in Gibsonia, Pennsylvania. Psalm 145:

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Discontented Beggars

December 22, 2023

"It is too much for a child to be discontented in his father’s house, but if you have taken a poor beggar boy, who lay begging at your door, into your

Nathan Eshelman Nathan Eshelman

Grace Grows Best in Winter

December 20, 2023

In the fall I visited Lowe’s and spoke to the clerk about planting grass seed in a few places where my lawn is more dirt than turf.  His advice was simple; don’

Jeffrey A Stivason Jeffrey A Stivason
Incarnation

Veiled in Flesh?

December 19, 2023

The great truth of the incarnation is not God veiled – but God revealed.

Stephen Steele Stephen Steele

3GT Episode 300: Gird Up Your Loins!

December 18, 2023

After a lengthy, way-too-long introduction that involves the likes of Michael Bolton, Scott finally reigns it in and gets to the subject at hand. A listener wants to know how to treat the

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Antichrist Blesses Same Sex Couples

December 18, 2023

God is not the author of confusion (I Corinthians 14:33), but of peace, and godliness, and of order. Today the Roman pontiff, speaking on behalf of Jesus Christ and his church declared

Nathan Eshelman Nathan Eshelman
Christmas

Blessed Among all Women

December 15, 2023

It would be easy to overreact against the excessive devotion given to Mary. But she was “blessed among women”. She has so much to teach us about grace, humility, faith and obedience.

Warren Peel Warren Peel

Why is Prayer a Means of Grace?

December 11, 2023

This article appears on the Ligonier website. Why is prayer a means of grace? This is an interesting question, as the Westminster Shorter Catechism simply states that prayer is a means of grace:

Barry York Barry York
J. Gresham Machen

He Failed — But He Was Undoubtedly Right

December 11, 2023

With clarity and consistency he drew a line in the sand. He sharpened the creedal edge that had long been blunted by compromise. You either stand on the side of biblical Christianity or you don’t.

Kyle Borg Kyle Borg
Psalm 139

The Blind Shall See....

November 30, 2023

If the tongue gets mentioned for its disproportionate effect, among functioning body parts, few are more eulogized than eyesight. The Eye Multilayering of the RETINA, with a complex light imaging system of myriadic

Andrew Kerr Andrew Kerr
prayer

Because He Has Heard

November 28, 2023

Within seconds I knew this was a serious phone call: "It's my son. I think he drowned. He was unresponsive when they pulled him from the water, but the ambulance got him breathing again. We need prayer."

Kyle Borg Kyle Borg
seminary

Why You Shouldn’t Wait to Go to Seminary

November 28, 2023

Why the benefits of pursuing seminary early outweighs the drawbacks.

Keith Evans Keith Evans

In My Place He Stood

November 26, 2023

Often the notion of vicarious atonement is eschewed by those who claim to be evangelical.  Almost twenty years ago N. T. Wright claimed that the atonement “was and is the stunning, towering achievement

Jeffrey A Stivason Jeffrey A Stivason
thank offering

Thanks Giving!

November 23, 2023

A word of thanks with a gift of thanks is a full expression of gratitude.

Kit Swartz

A Thanksgiving Psalm

November 23, 2023

After Psalm 23, perhaps Psalm 100 is the most known of the psalms in the American church. With the tune known as Old Hundredth, this psalm has been sung for generations. Psalm 100

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Gravity & Gladness

This & Tat in a Christian Bookshop

November 21, 2023

A surface understanding of God and his Word means we will not be able to cope when the trials and difficulties of life meet us. We need that sense of the grandeur and majesty of God.

Stephen Steele Stephen Steele

In God's Timing: Encouragement for Seminary Students

November 20, 2023

Students for the ministry are often ready to go before they're ready to go. Students are, at times, discouraged by the slowness of the presbyterian process, the long seminary experience, and

Nathan Eshelman Nathan Eshelman

3GT Episode 299: "I Didn't Survive" with Naghmeh Panahi

November 20, 2023

It's not often that the 3GTers have repeat guests on the show. But some people have such a story one episode hardly does it justice. Such is the case regarding the

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North American Presbyterian and Reformed Council (NAPARC)

November 14, 2023

Each year on the second week of November, The North American Presbyterian and Reformed Council holds its annual meeting. This organization consists of 13 Reformed Denominations and Federations from Scottish, Dutch, Korean, German,

Kyle E. Sims Kyle E. Sims

3GT Episode 298: Update on Tommy & Emory

November 13, 2023

Many listeners know that on February 27, 2022, Barry's son-in-law, Tommy Mangan, was shot through the throat in the line of duty as a police officer in Indianapolis. (To learn and

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Religion True or False?

November 09, 2023

Introduction In His book practical religion, Anglican bishop of Liverpool, JC Ryle, extols the virtues of powerful practical evangelical Christianity. Context In this little section of James chapter 1:26-27, the apostle lays

Andrew Kerr Andrew Kerr

3GT Episode 297: 1GM

November 06, 2023

Well, it finally happened. Only one guy showed up to record an episode. Of the three, which one is most likely to be able to monologue for an entire episode? Yep, you guessed

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