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Ten Blessings of Attending Evening Services

August 25, 2025

While attending an evening worship service recently, I was again impressed by the joyful blessing of simply being there with God and His people. Though I have shared before the biblical reasons for

Barry York Barry York

The Banner of Truth

August 22, 2025

Dr. Ryan Swale is pastor of Immanuel URC in Jordan, Ontario, and a graduate of Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary who wrote his dissertation on "The Imprecatory Pastor: A Practical Theology of the

Guest Author
Worship Connected

Household Worship guide from Jeremiah 33 about the Righteous Branch Who Restores + Hearers and Doers of the Word Preached

August 20, 2025

As we pray for effective hearing of the word preached, let’s prepare for it as well in our daily household worship. That is, to enhance the hearing of the Word preached by reviewing the Word that has been preached and previewing the Word that will be preached is one of the aims of Worship Connected.

Ed Blackwood Ed Blackwood

No Better Time to Be a Witness for Christ

August 18, 2025

People in the United States are not always well-disposed toward those who hold orthodox and historic Christian beliefs. Christians in 2025, when they seek to follow Jesus honestly, sincerely, consistently, coherently, and faithfully,

Jonathan L. Shirk Jonathan L. Shirk

Thoughts on Gossip

August 18, 2025

Rebecca VanDoodeward is a guest contributor to Gentle Reformation and author of Uprooted: A Guide for Homesick Christians, Your Future ‘Other Half’: It Matters Whom You Marry, and Reformation Women: Sixteenth-Century Figures Who

Guest Author
Blessed or Bored by the Book?

Writing off the Word?

August 16, 2025

Many years ago I came across a cartoon in a rather ill-judged, Christian, magazine. I don't necessarily disagree with the observation and the point it was trying to make (being jolted

Andrew Kerr Andrew Kerr
Christian Nationalism

America Belongs to Christ, not to Christians

August 14, 2025

When those who preach Christ’s lordship over the nation also trip every alarm the Bible sets to warn of false prophets, it becomes clear that the dominion they promote is not Christ’s, but their own.

Rut Etheridge III Rut Etheridge III
church unity

When Brothers in Unity Dwell

August 12, 2025

The division of the church is a product of man’s sinfulness. There should be one visible church. When Christ returns, our denominational labels will be no more. There will be one church,

Kyle E. Sims Kyle E. Sims

How to Be Most Blessed by the Sabbath (or Lord’s Day)

August 11, 2025

In the first century, the Pharisees took God’s good gift of the Sabbath and added to it so many ridiculous rules and regulations that it was no longer a blessing for God’

Jonathan L. Shirk Jonathan L. Shirk

Who Killed Jesus?

August 11, 2025

This article originally appeared on Ligonier.org. Murder mysteries are popular these days. Agatha Christie’s fiction works continue to be read by a new generation, making her the best-selling author of all

Barry York Barry York

Give Thanks Daily for the Kindness of His Providence

August 04, 2025

We wake up in the morning and perhaps lay in bed for a while. We get out of bed. We start our day. It is likely that most of us seldom contemplate our

Jonathan L. Shirk Jonathan L. Shirk

No One Could Have Told Me

August 03, 2025

Barry York Barry York
Evangelism, Apologetics, Islam & Scripture

Mosque Talk or Church Truth?

July 31, 2025

Over the last number of weeks we've been chatting to lots of young people on the streets around our Church - one of the repeated objections that we have come up

Andrew Kerr Andrew Kerr

A Point to Remember as Municipal Elections Approach

July 28, 2025

We vote for presidents, but we also vote for local government officials. It may be tempting to focus entirely on one position, the president, while ignoring key politicians that you can have a

Jonathan L. Shirk Jonathan L. Shirk
Two Ways Psalm 1

The Word or the World!

July 27, 2025

1 Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; 2 but his delight is

Andrew Kerr Andrew Kerr
Evangelilsm. Apologetics. Isaiah's Messiah

Holocaust or Holy One?

July 24, 2025

During recent outreach efforts on the streets of the East Coast, I have been met by a number of Jewish men and women who believe that the suffering servant of Isaiah is the

Andrew Kerr Andrew Kerr
family worship

Our Sin on Him Household Worship guide from Isaiah 53 + Aim of Worship Connected

July 23, 2025

What pastor wouldn’t want his congregation focusing all week long on taking in and living out his preaching because their daily family or household worship is helpfully connected to the weekly corporate worship and is enhancing how they remember and observe the Sabbath?

Ed Blackwood Ed Blackwood

The Outrage Age

July 22, 2025

No denying that everyone around us is in a tizzy, which, fittingly, it seems, just happened to be the Wordle of the day recently. Whether face-to-face at yet the latest protest over something

Barry York Barry York
comfort

Comfort in Unbearable Sorrow

July 22, 2025

There is comfort for those under the raging flood of unbearable sorrow.  This includes all those grieving lost loved ones in the recent floods in Texas, especially the families of the girls at Camp Mystic.

Kit Swartz

What You Need to Know to Live & Die Happily

July 21, 2025

I assume you want to live a happy life. I also assume that when you are taking your last breaths, you want to have a deep sense of joy, peace, and comfort in

Jonathan L. Shirk Jonathan L. Shirk
Muslim Evangelism

Winning Witness?

July 18, 2025

Many years ago, while I was travelling around India, I had the pleasure of spending 10 days vacationing on a houseboat floating on Dal Lake in the disputed territory of Kashmir. After an

Andrew Kerr Andrew Kerr

3GT Episode 337: Covenant Baptism

July 18, 2025

Sometimes, ideas for 3GT episodes are presented to the guys on a plate—or, perhaps, in this case, a font. Kyle is about to go out on a pastoral call to prepare parents

Barry York Barry York
Personal Evangelism

Reaching Outsiders with our Words

July 18, 2025

Our lives will either reinforce or contradict our message—but the message must be communicated in words. In Colossians 4.6, Paul mentions three characteristics that must be true of our words.

Warren Peel Warren Peel
family worship

My Beloved is Mine and I am His from Song of Solomon + Is it needed?

July 16, 2025

Is Worship Connected (or something similar) needed? Since I am doing it every week, at least from my perspective, it is needed.

Ed Blackwood Ed Blackwood
perseverance

3 Encouragements When Things Look Bleak

July 15, 2025

The Lord knows where you are, he sees your work for him, and he isn't finished with you yet

Stephen Steele Stephen Steele
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