Hope in a World of Brokenness September 04, 2021 “Do you have any sense of hope?”—Kabul had just fallen, and the news was full of imagery from the captured city. Airport besieged by people looking to get out; terror etched on
Cathedral Feels September 02, 2021 Cathedrals were designed to invoke a sense of awe and wonder. Cathedrals are intended to move within the worshiper, an internal sense of smallness in contrast to the grandeur of God. Surely, in
Life is Precious and Fragile September 02, 2021 “Yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.” James 4:14 One week ago
Missons New Testament Prayer List September 01, 2021 Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Perhaps more than anything else, Christian missions needs the prayers of believers around the
When Gossip is Not August 30, 2021 (For obvious reasons, I will try to be as generic as possible in the following paragraph before getting specific about the topic at hand.) In recent months, I have had several people speak
Face masks Would Luther and Calvin Wear Masks? August 28, 2021 Rather than focusing on our individual rights, Luther and Calvin's theology on vocation turns our attention to the needs of our neighbors.
Lord's Supper “It’s for a Sinner”: Overcoming Fear at the Lord’s Table August 26, 2021 How do we face our fears of coming to the Lord's table?
Model Church A Model Church August 25, 2021 If you could get rid of all the traditions and build a church from scratch what would it be like? Do you have one particular blueprint, template or model in mind? Would the
vaccination Employee Vaccination Religious Exemption August 23, 2021 Individual Christians, civil leaders, and even clergy must be careful not to exalt their preferred applications of God’s moral law as rules which prohibit, much less contradict others’ convictions.
Bloomington Reformed Presbyterian Church Celebrating 200 Years of God’s Faithfulness August 19, 2021 All over the world, Jesus is using small churches, who faithfully serve their local communities year after year with little or no fanfare, to build His great kingdom.
What will heaven be like Unsatisfying Endings August 18, 2021 There is something inherently disappointing with endings. Why is that? Why can't the world's attempts at glorious conclusions satisfy?
regret Redemptive Regret August 13, 2021 Moral aspirations pursued outside Christ's redemptive work prove merciless. In the grips of graceless religion, regret over past sin twists godly sorrow into legalistic self-loathing.
Creation. Origins. Genesis 1-3. The Miracle of Life August 12, 2021 The Miraculous Conceptus The initial, quickening, zinc-ignited, spark occurs with the fusion of the male gamete and the ovum of the female. The zygote then produces, by a process of cell division, an
joy Where Is Your Joy? August 10, 2021 Where is your joy? To be honest, I struggle with joy. I know it is a facet of the Fruit of the Spirit. But it is just hard to be joyful when the
What - or Better, Who - is Beauty? August 09, 2021 The following article, the second in a series on the subject of beauty (here [https://gentlereformation.com/2021/07/19/the-urgency-of-beauty/] is the first article), is a guest post by Laura Cerbus. Originally
Don’t be ‘authentic’ August 07, 2021 One of the great buzz words of our times is ‘authenticity’—we are to be ‘authentic’. We are meant to express ourselves authentically— from “I’m just saying what I feel” to “I
discouragement The War is Over August 05, 2021 Discouragement is an easy trap. You don’t have to look very far, or very long, at our world and culture to observe and lament battle after battle raging in the marketplace of
3GT Special Announcement August 03, 2021 Want to know what it is? Listen to this brief update from 3GT! Download [https://threeguystheologizing.files.wordpress.com/2021/08/special-announcement.mp3]
The Art of Drawing the Line in Preaching August 02, 2021 When I was being trained to preach three decades ago now, one of my seminary professors regularly said in homiletics class, “The art of good preaching is knowing where to draw the line.
Immigration: The Same Yesterday and Today July 30, 2021 Immigrants and their kids, like Olympic champion Suni Lee, are joining the broader American culture, just as previous generations did.
Pre-Boarders July 28, 2021 By nature, I am not one who loves to travel. Some people speak of loving to hit the road or board the plane. My favorite place to go is simply home. Yet the
3GT Episode 236: Reading the Bible Biblically July 23, 2021 It's summertime and that should mean more time for reading. It's also a good time to remind God's people to read their Bibles. So consider yourself reminded,
Samson The Comfort of Samson July 21, 2021 Judges is one of those books of the Bible we tend to read at a distance. And yet it provides some exquisite comfort. Perhaps one of the clearest encouragements is found in the conflicted character: Samson.
5 Best Bios for Summer Reading July 20, 2021 The following is a guest post by Russell Pulliam, an Indianapolis Star columnist who directs the Pulliam Fellowship summer intern program for the Indianapolis Star and the Arizona Republic. Name the best biography
The Urgency of Beauty July 19, 2021 The following article, the first in a series on the subject of beauty, is a guest post by Laura Cerbus. Originally from Western Pennsylvania, Laura lives and teaches in Melbourne, Australia, where she
