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
Amos Amos - The Lion Roars & Redeems March 15, 2023 Amos - The Lion Roars & Redeems Have you ever tried to memorize the order of the minor prophets before? Let's be honest, have you tried, got it down for a
Leaving and Beginning March 14, 2023 One of the hardest decisions for a pastor is to leave a congregation. When there is a call to a new field there must also be a release from the present minister setting.
3GT Episode 283: Loving Our Enemies in a Wicked Age March 14, 2023 With all the guys in the studio again, they are putting the 3 back into 3GT! With the increasing hostility in the culture against Christ and the church, they discuss the subject of
Love Your New Testament: Machen on Studying Scripture March 10, 2023 In his excellent work, Selected Shorter Writings, J.G. Machen – founder of the OPC denomination as well as Westminster Theological Seminary – has a very helpful article on loving your Bible. The essay is
Genesis 18 Intercessory Prayer March 09, 2023 Introduction In light of huge need, before the Coming of the Lord, it is good to be reminded of the call to intercede. Context How does Abraham, the Man of Faith, who had
Love Is March 08, 2023 Love is a mother, retching in the toilet every day, filled with wonder at the tiny human growing inside her. Love is giving up sleep for years, as pregnancy gives way to newborn
Tribute to Pastor Edward "Ted" Donnelly March 06, 2023 Thirty-five years ago this summer, I came to Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary for a preliminary class before my fall entrance into the Master of Divinity program. In those days, beginning pastoral students needed
Restore Us Again: A Presbytery Sermon on Psalm 80. March 06, 2023 There’s a certain level of honesty that is needed when we assess where we are as the Great Lakes Gulf Presbytery of the RPCNA. It has been said that in the last
3GT Episode 282: Presbyterian Shepherding March 03, 2023 Well, the boys are back together again! With all three of them on their mics, they jest about the worst episode ever, their Argentinian listeners (or lack thereof), and Barry’s ability (?) to
Forgiveness Letham & Turretin Debate Forgiveness March 01, 2023 I love a good systematic theology. Benjamin B. Warfield reminds the preacher that systematic theology is indispensable to the preacher. So, being a preacher, not long ago I took Robert Letham’s Systematic
God's Love Does Jesus Love Me? February 28, 2023 It is a question that many believers have asked. It is often on the mind of the downcast and discouraged: “Does Jesus love me?” It may be a nagging doubt or an agonizing cry of the heart—“God, do you really love me?” What is the Bible's answer to this pressing question?
ninth commandment Breaking the Ninth Commandment on a Global Scale - and what confessional, Reformed Christians can do about it . . . February 27, 2023 God has provided us with unprecedented means to redress an egregious historical and ongoing defiance of his holy law . . .
Shattered February 26, 2023 One year ago this Lord's Day evening, on February 27th, 2022, right before midnight, I received "the" phone call from my daughter. Emory, her voice filled with emotion, informed
the objectivity of hope in Scripture February 25, 2023 Isn’t it true that the word hope, in ordinary conversation, can be used in at least three ways? 1. We utilize the word hope to express a desire. "I sure hope
I Just Preached a Terrible Sermon: Now What? February 24, 2023 Last week I just wasn't feeling it up there. I have several good excuses, but I probably shouldn't take the time to list them off to you as they
Genesis 16 Anything you can do.... February 23, 2023 We are called to walk by faith, through which we are also justified. Far too often, believers including mature saints, even in top ecclesiastical posts, seek to further God's work by
Christian hope Hope for a Hopeless Nation February 22, 2023 One nation is enlisted by God to discipline another and then they themselves are disciplined for their own idolatries and immoralities. But, in the midst of this series of ruined nations, a kingdom was established with an eternal King.
Black History Month Black History Month: Francis James Grimke February 22, 2023 We all would do well to examine ourselves under this penetrating critique by a highly esteemed black pastor.
Liberal Christians: A Hundred-Year Oxymoron February 20, 2023 One hundred years ago this month, in February of 1923, J. Gresham Machen published Christianity and Liberalism. Dedicated to his mother, J. Gresham would, with the charm of a gentleman and the power
Salvator Mundi: I Can't Imagine it! February 17, 2023 In 1978, art historian Joanne Snow-Smith quietly began a movement. She argued that a dark and ominous painting of Jesus Christ called Salvator Mundi was a long lost Leonardo Di Vinci. Through the
Day of Judgment He comes to judge the earth February 17, 2023 The Bible tells us about an event that causes the heavens to be glad and the earth to rejoice. What is it?
pastoral ministry A Band of Brothers February 16, 2023 Faithfulness in the ministry requires pastors to bear the cross of impartiality — to cherish the relationships necessary for the work but to lean in no man’s direction.
3GT Episode 281: Church Budgets? February 16, 2023 Well, the last time it was only Kyle and Scott recording, one listener said on social media that it was the “worst episode ever.” So, with these two again back at their mics,
Rich man and Lazarus One Difference February 14, 2023 The story of the rich man and Lazarus in Luke 16:19-31 is well-known. So well known is it that we read over the details without giving them much thought. So, let’s
