Gentle Reformation

COVID-19

I (probably) gave someone the virus. Now I feel guilty.

May 15, 2020

Guilty feelings are not always the best way to measure guilt. Some people feel terribly guilty when they haven’t actually done anything wrong. Other people don’t feel guilty at all, even

Ahmaud Arbery

Doing Righteousness with Indignation

May 14, 2020

The Psalms encourage, engender, and express the “patience of the saints” (Revelation 13:10) and the imprecatory Psalms let us voice how hard it is to have and maintain. In our culture, we need these patience-inspiring, peace-seeking Psalms now, rather urgently.

3GT

3GT Episode 180: Not Forsaken

May 13, 2020

The episode is a 3GT plus one, as the guys are visited by a special guest. Jennifer Michelle Greenberg, author of Not Forsaken: A Story of Life after Abuse [https://jennifergreenberg.net/], joins

church life

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of Virtual Ministry

May 12, 2020

The present situation has pushed many of us unsophisticated ordinary end-users to use more cutting edge programs and applications in our regular lives.

I Cannot Not Speak

May 11, 2020

As a young man, I would spout off on every latest controversy that appeared in the news, whether it was theological or societal. As I grew older (and hopefully wiser), I learned that

COVID-19

Covid 19 & Biblical Balance

May 10, 2020

It is of the utmost importance that we maintain a Biblical balance. In our polarized time you might feel pulled to one extreme or the other. As Christians we must keep both of these priorities, life and livelihood, in Biblical balance.

3GT

3GT Episode 179: Public Prayer

May 09, 2020

With the 3GTers in exile from the house of God, they are grateful they can at least worship by participating in online services. Hearing pastoral prayers puts longing in their hearts for corporate

messiah

Asa the Ace?

May 09, 2020

Introduction There was a lot of excitement in the UK yesterday. Even in the midst of the Covid-19 crisis, street parties assembled (with social distancing) throughout Britain. It was fascinating to watch video

3 John 13-14

What's That In Your Hand?

May 07, 2020

Back in the 1980s, I worked in the financial world and had my first introduction to cell phones, or “bag phones” as they were sometimes called. The men I worked for could call

friendship

Give Us This Day Our Daily Friendship

May 05, 2020

This season has induced myriads of emotions for most of us.  In the midst of stay-at-home orders, our fears abound.  Will I catch the virus?  Will I lose my job?  Where will I

COVID-19

'Fallen, fallen is Babylon the Great'

May 02, 2020

In no time at all, the world has changed. Plague has brought the global economy crashing down. Trade and industry has ground to a standstill, except for essentials. That ubiquitous first-world leisure activity

health care

The Difference Christianity Makes

April 29, 2020

During health crises like the coronavirus pandemic, Christianity and its influence often make the difference between life and death.

John Calvin

Wisdom from John Calvin on COVID-19

April 28, 2020

What would John Calvin say to the likes of us about facing COVID-19?

Forgiveness in the Old Testament

Was David fully forgiven?

April 27, 2020

Introduction Yesterday I preached on Psalm 51:1-2: it recounts David's great plea for mercy & pardon in light of his filthy adultery and murder. > To the choirmaster. A Psalm

prayer

The Wind Telephone

April 27, 2020

Recently my wife told me of a story she had listened to on "This American Life" called Really Long Distance [https://www.thisamericanlife.org/597/one-last-thing-before-i-go/act-one-0] (transcript here [https://www.

prayer

Teaching Men to Pray

April 26, 2020

The following article is a guest post by Pastor Ken Smith, retired minister in the RPCNA. This article appeared in a monthly email column Ken has called "Man-to-Man." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > It happened

Coronavirus

Pastors in Pandemics

April 25, 2020

The current pandemic shutdown has been strange in many ways. Pastors who want to teach have had to catch up with hi-tec (or it is only me who feels like an old dog

Lord's Day

Learning to Love the Lord's Day: A Testimony on Sabbath Keeping - Guest post by Maggie (Holdeman) Becker

April 23, 2020

Sabbath keeping is not easy... But what I have found is that Sabbath keeping becomes exponentially easier the more diligent I am in my work during the week.

Clarence Macartney

50 Cent Hair Cuts and Clarence Edward Macartney

April 22, 2020

The following article is from Pastor Bob McFarland, a retired minister in the RPCNA. I was given some barber clippers when I went off to Geneva College. I had never ever given a

3GT Episode 178: Preparing for the Coming Tyranny?

April 21, 2020

With the guys still bunkered down waiting hopefully for an "All Clear" during the pandemic, they share war stories from their respective parts of the country. Then they get down to

Fear

When the Leaf Rattles

April 21, 2020

On a Saturday afternoon recently, I joined my wife to help her finish picking up our yard. A cold front had blown through earlier in the week, chasing away momentarily the warming spring

Noah

What would Jesus think of the Rainbow?

April 19, 2020

First, His eye would admire the radiant beauty and glory of the refracted spectral colors of light made by the Creator. Second, His face would redden with righteous indignation at seeing the way

Civil Disobedience

Some Thoughts on Christian Civil Disobedience

April 18, 2020

There are times when as Christians we need to disobey our governing authorities. But it is only when they require us to be disobedient to God — when the only way we can obey them is to be unfaithful to God.

Coronavirus

The Meaning of the Rainbow

April 17, 2020

The symbol of rainbow is far more appropriate for these days than many people who have them in their windows may realise. Because the first person to use the rainbow as a symbol of hope was God himself!

RPTS

Serving, Studying, and Sharing at RPTS

April 16, 2020

There is much talk these days about how every family is a homeschooling family. It’s been almost a dozen years since I finished that important work with our daughter. Often people wonder