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
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’
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
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.
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.
Why Me? January 01, 2024 The Book of Job shows him experiencing in an extreme degree the bitterness and perplexity of unexplained suffering, refusing to acquiesce in rational theories that make God's way subject to simple
Book of Ruth The Unfinished Story December 29, 2023 For a plethora of reasons, the Book of Ruth has a special place in my heart: it was one of my first expository series that I preached; read by a death bed, it
Bible Reading Program 2024 Bible Reading Plans December 28, 2023 Vow five of communicant membership in the RPCNA states in part, "To the end that you may grow in the Christian life, do you promise that you will diligently read the Bible.
merry Merry New Year! December 27, 2023 Newness is the reason and purpose of Christmas. Jesus came in order to make us new by means of His life and work. These two things belong together. Therefore, Merry New Year!
3GT Episode 301: Five Lies of Our Anti-Christian Age with Rosaria Butterfield December 26, 2023 Though down a professor, the parishioner and pastor bring on another one far more renowned. For Dr. Rosaria Butterfield, author of Five Lies of Our Anti-Christian Age, comes onto 3GT to discuss her
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.
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.
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:
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
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’
Incarnation Veiled in Flesh? December 19, 2023 The great truth of the incarnation is not God veiled – but God revealed.
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
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
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.
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:
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.
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
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."
seminary Why You Shouldn’t Wait to Go to Seminary November 28, 2023 Why the benefits of pursuing seminary early outweighs the drawbacks.
