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A Greater Love

February 13, 2024

Love is one of the most ambiguous words in the English language. Consider the different ways we use the word love. I love ice cream. I love my wife. I love the Lord.

Kyle E. Sims Kyle E. Sims

Episode 305: A Miscellany of Topics

February 13, 2024

For a funny reason, the guys get introduced as characters from Back to the Future such as Biff and Marty McFly, which is about the only theme that ties this episode together. For

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FOMO—don’t aim too low

February 10, 2024

A couple of weeks ago I was at the Donegal Sports Star awards—yes me, at my age! Our open water swimming group had been nominated for the team award. There we were

Mark Loughridge Mark Loughridge

3GT Episode 304: Practical Shepherding

February 08, 2024

After establishing Kyle‘s proper location and noting that Scott is wearing a pink sweater, the guys get down to the task at hand. What does it mean for elders to shepherd the

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The Nickel Test

February 07, 2024

In marriage counseling I will often talk about what marriage is meant to symbolize. I’ll tell my counselees that marriage is meant to mirror something. For example, imagine sitting in the back

Jeffrey A Stivason Jeffrey A Stivason
Mediatorial Kingship

Clowns & Jokers

February 06, 2024

The lyrics of a wonderful song from my youth (Stuck in the Middle with You by Stealers Wheel, 1973) keep coming to mind as our presidential politics descend further into chaos.  Perhaps you will see how fitting the words are to our tragic comedy.

Kit Swartz

Press On Under the Banner of Baptism

February 05, 2024

A guest post by Bill Boekestein: Press on under the Banner of Baptism! The Christian life is a constant war. And our enemies—the devil, the flesh, and the world—never rest. Since

Nathan Eshelman Nathan Eshelman

Top Books Read in 2023 from Three Reading Aficionados

January 29, 2024

Book reviews from Indiana: Greg Enas, Eli Lilly statistician and civic leader in Indianapolis, shares his list of 2023’s best books. David Seibel, head of school at Coram Deo Academy, a classical

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3GT Episode 303: On Christian Nationalism with Colin Samul

January 26, 2024

In this episode, Kyle, Barry, and the other guy bring a special guest to help them with a controversial topic. Pastor Colin Samul joins the pastor, o the professor, and the other guy

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abortion

Abortion: Who Cares?

January 24, 2024

Why should I care if other people kill their children? If my neighbor murders their children, there are fewer neighbors I need to love, and fewer voters and culture warriors to contend with. This logic is selfish and destructive and must not be indulged.

Kit Swartz

The Covenant of 1871

January 23, 2024

Reformed Presbyterians are called Covenanters. The RP Testimony says, "Covenanting in the New Testament takes the form of confessing Christ and His Lordship. In view of the continued emphasis of the covenantal

Nathan Eshelman Nathan Eshelman
church and culture

How "Back in My Day . . ." Harms Our Witness in ". . . Such a Time as This."

January 22, 2024

We need to be ever mindful that an unbalanced view of the past reveals a faulty scale of evaluation at work in the present (Proverbs 11:1).

Rut Etheridge III Rut Etheridge III
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Pastoral Advice

January 19, 2024

I do not remember who said it, but someone once said: “When I was young I gave advice to everyone fearful no one would listen. Now that I’m older I give advice to no one fearful everyone will listen.” There’s a note of wisdom in that self-experience.

Kyle Borg Kyle Borg

Sit and Be Still

January 17, 2024

When I was a young boy, my parents would tell me to “sit and be still.” I think they picked up the expression from my grandmother on my mom’s side. I can

Jeffrey A Stivason Jeffrey A Stivason
Christ in the Psalms

The Psalms: Maximally or Minimally Messianic?

January 16, 2024

Charles Spurgeon once recommended a commentary on the Bible with an interesting caveat - the author had "the peculiar idea that Christ is in every Psalm".

Stephen Steele Stephen Steele

3GT Episode 302: Elementary or Circumstantial?

January 15, 2024

As the boys open up another episode of 3GT, they go about their common bantering to begin. But then they settle in to discussing the topic at hand, which is "What is

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trust

Actual trust…

January 13, 2024

“It’s so much easier to trust when life is going well…”  So said someone to me the other day. They were beating themselves up a bit for struggling to keep going... as

Mark Loughridge Mark Loughridge

A Banquet with the King

January 10, 2024

Samuel Rutherford (1600-1661) was found guilty of "non-conformity" and presbyterianism by the Bishop Sydserff of Galloway. Rutherford was forced from his perish, Anworth Old Kirk (where he served between 1627-1636), and

Nathan Eshelman Nathan Eshelman
children

Let Us Become Like Little Children

January 10, 2024

Let us become like little children, singing freely to the King of Kings. Faces lifted, voices ringing, unconcerned with notes and rhythm, twisting melodies in swirls of wonder, joy in every note they

Vanessa Le Vanessa Le

Chaplains

January 09, 2024

Since taking my new job at Erskine Seminary, I have been able to represent the school at several chaplain events. Our seminary has a long history of training military chaplains. This week, I

Kyle E. Sims Kyle E. Sims

Prayer: A Means, Not a Mark?

January 08, 2024

Recently, I wrote an article on prayer as a means of grace. As the Westminster Shorter Catechism states: Q. 88. What are the outward and ordinary means whereby Christ communicates to us the

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worship

After Church, Then What?

January 06, 2024

So, church is over, now what? Many opt for the nap and that’s fine as far as it goes. But neither the Bible nor the Confession tell us to be sluggardly.  It’

Jeffrey A Stivason Jeffrey A Stivason

Christ's Atonement: Not Universal in Application

January 04, 2024

James Durham (1622–1658) interacts extensively with universal atonement--the idea that Christ died for all men without distinction--in his sermon series Christ Crucified: The Marrow of the Gospel. Sermons 31-33 contain fragments that

Nathan Eshelman Nathan Eshelman
Christian Nationalism

The Case for Christian Nationalism: A Review

January 03, 2024

However, as the years have gone by, it has become clear that Christian Nationalism was never anything but the media’s trope for any orthodox Christian who makes their beliefs public, making the label about as ambiguous as the events of January 6th itself.

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refugees

City of Refuge

January 02, 2024

Let us take care of our own, be a refuge for someone and, together, aspire to fulfill the high calling of our own Safe Haven by becoming a true city of refuge.

Kit Swartz
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