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3GT Episode 271: What about the Other Six Days?

November 01, 2022

As this very episode demonstrates with Scott away, it can be difficult to get parishioners to gather in small groups during the week. So armed with a question from a listener, Kyle and

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Learning to pray alert to harvest

October 31, 2022

In all the CA State Prison chapels where I teach, we have turned now to the Book of Romans for the next season of our ongoing studies.  Opening its first chapter, I was

Timothy McCracken Timothy McCracken

Shepherding through Catechesis

October 31, 2022

This article appears in the October edition of Tabletalk [https://tabletalkmagazine.com/] magazine. Noting the culture’s incessant promotion of LGBTQ lifestyles, Kevin DeYoung stated: “The world is already busy promoting its catechism.

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Anthropomorphism?

October 29, 2022

The following is a guest post of Tom Sullivan, a retired engineer who is a member of the Lafayette Reformed Presbyterian Church of Lafayette, Indiana. The Holy Bible often speaks of God’s

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Halloween

The Good News of Halloween

October 26, 2022

Don’t have fun or play games with demons. They don’t play fair; you lose the game and pay with your immortal soul. Instead, turn to Jesus Christ for deliverance and protection from the real and present danger of all the powers of darkness.

Kit Swartz
Anxiety

Addressing Anxiety

October 25, 2022

This month, listen to a counselor's thoughts on how to address anxiety from Luke 12:32.

Keith Evans Keith Evans

The Apocalypse is a Visual and Literary Masterpiece

October 24, 2022

To some readers, the book of Revelation is a wild vision in which unruly dragons trample from page to page while demonic frogs and scorpions hop around the text uncontrolled. Given the dynamic

Matthew Everhard Matthew Everhard

3GT Episode 270: Seasons of Sorrow with Tim Challies

October 19, 2022

On this episode of Three Guys Theologizing, blogger and author Tim Challies joins the guys to discuss his newest book. Yet this is no ordinary book review. For in his book Seasons of

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Living in Meshech & Kedar

October 19, 2022

The Psalms are an invitation to experience the Psalmist’s experience. That must be clarified. The Psalmist often provides us with just enough information so that we cannot locate the Psalm in any

Jeffrey A Stivason Jeffrey A Stivason

3GT Episode 269: Ligonier's State of Theology Report

October 12, 2022

After talking about Scott getting his picture with babies and encouraging Kyle to read his own T-shirt, the 3GTers get down to business. Ligonier ministries just came out with their 2022 State of

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Your Own Copy

October 11, 2022

My early memories of church are scattered but still strong. I can remember the old red brick church on the mill hill, sitting in the wooden pews, my father’s arm around my

Kyle E. Sims Kyle E. Sims

Was Jonathan Edwards a 5-Point Calvinist?

October 10, 2022

I have had quite a few people ask me about whether or not Jonathan Edwards was a 5-point Calvinist. Some folks who have studied Edwards even a little bit know that he held

Matthew Everhard Matthew Everhard

Beware of Pride: A Short Cautionary Tale

October 07, 2022

Born in 1773 to great privilege as the seventh and youngest child of a Virginia Continental Congressman and signer of the Declaration of Independence, at 18 years old he was commissioned in the

Lee Hutchings Lee Hutchings

stewards of manifold grace

October 05, 2022

In this some-days-late article, may I share with you two verses from 1 Peter 4 that have been a source of refreshment when I've gotten bewildered about ministry?  (Note: In using

Timothy McCracken Timothy McCracken

3GT Episode 268: A Different Kind of R&R

October 04, 2022

Picking apples always seems to get guys in trouble. At least, that's the message Kyle and Scott deliver to Barry. Late to record once again, like Adam Barry appears to blame

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Pentecost Circumcision

October 03, 2022

Recently, while sitting under the teaching of our Old Testament professor at RPTS, Dr. C.J. Williams, an insight into Scripture came to me that I had never noticed before. So I just

Barry York Barry York
abortion

His body. His choice.

September 30, 2022

The fetus is not her body and therefore it is not her choice. The issue is His rights over us, not our rights over others or even ourselves. His body, His choice.

Kit Swartz
Genesis Genealogies

Evangelical Existentialism

September 29, 2022

Electoral Populist A number of years ago, in the British General Election, future Prime Minister Cameron embraced a sound-bite mantra of "Choice" which captured many votes. Pro Choice Few at the

Andrew Kerr Andrew Kerr

3GT Episode 267: Church on Apps

September 29, 2022

Scott starts this episode with gusto and even receives a compliment from Kyle. But as he continues on, the normal order is quickly restored as Kyle gets his digs in. For this week&

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Anxiety

Three Main Issues...

September 27, 2022

What are the three most common issues facing the church today—issues that keep coming up in pastoral counseling?

Keith Evans Keith Evans

Edwards, Warfield, and Plato on the Immortality of the Soul

September 26, 2022

At first blush, Plato and Jonathan Edwards do not have all that much in common. One is an ancient Greek philosopher, the other a Colonial Calvinist. One is a pagan, the other a

Matthew Everhard Matthew Everhard

An Experimental Truth Concerning Backsliding

September 26, 2022

"It is an experimental truth that ought never to be overlooked, that when a believer has once begun to back-slide and leave his first faith, he seldom stops short at his first

Nathan Eshelman Nathan Eshelman

God Saved the King

September 22, 2022

Final Psalter arrangement, when no son of David ruled, makes Psalm 118 a communal chant of messianic thanks. The LORD's lasting loyal love is praised by God's whole awestruck

Andrew Kerr Andrew Kerr
Spiritual Abuse

Spiritual Abuse: Seeing What We Don't Want to See

September 22, 2022

This is the world we live in. It would be nice if we could close our eyes and leave unseen the sin in, toward, and around us. But that kind of naivety isn’t proper for Christians. Being a child of God means we need to be willing to see the things we wish would remain unseen.

Kyle Borg Kyle Borg
persuasion

The Art of Persuasion

September 21, 2022

Perhaps the most difficult aspect of pastoral work is the work of persuasion. In other words, how do we persuade others? How do we persuade unbelievers to see the beauty of Christ (II

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