Gentle Reformation

If God were to write the gospel In the creation He has made, If He spoke words into pictures - A wondrous plan to be displayed - Might He have made it a

Schism is a sinful tearing apart of the body of Christ. Schism is a dreadful and sinful thing as the body—even when reformation is the guise— is torn. Sadly, ministers, even converted

Three years ago almost to the day, on 18 May 2018, I posted an article [https://gentlereformation.com/2018/05/18/desperately-ill-babies-and-the-secret-plan-of-god/] with the same title as this one about a baby in

In the midst of the Great Depression, in 1939, The American Pottery Exhibit at The New York World’s Fair offered patrons two collectable pieces of pottery. Two of Homer Laughlin Pottery’s

Sadly, Kyle informs the guys on this episode that the famous hound of Winchester had to be put to sleep. So Scott and Barry quickly form a support group and console with Kyle.

The professor starts reading another listener's letter, causing the pastor and parishioner to flinch. But when they realize they're not being flogged again, they relax and get into the

I click on an email and see it yet again – another email with “Hello!” as the salutation. As I spend much of my life looking at email, I can safely say that such

In the Bible's book of Proverbs, wisdom is personified as a woman who says, "I walk in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of justice"

The parishioner wants some professional advice from those with pastoral experience. What can he do to help burnout his pastor? In this Screwtape Letters -esque episode, the other two guys seem happy to

As I watched and listened I felt it. I didn’t feel sad and I didn’t feel celebratory. But I did feel the weight and heaviness of that word: Guilty.

While teaching a class recently in a different context than my regular courses at RPTS, at one point I referenced Abraham. Though somewhat tangential to the lesson at hand, I explained briefly the