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3GT Episode 332: The Great Depastoring

April 17, 2025

Finally, the boys are all back behind their mics! Though it has been some time since they were all together, they pick right back up where they left off. After some banter and

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family devotions

Household Worship Guide on Killing Giants and Off with its head! from 1 Samuel 17

April 16, 2025

I'm convinced that a pastor can find it doable to add the weekly preparation of Worship Connected for the congregation, alongside the preparation for his preaching plan.

Ed Blackwood Ed Blackwood
Lord's Day

A Superstitious Easter

April 16, 2025

In the Areopagus, the Apostle Paul criticized the Athenians for being “very religious” or “superstitious” because their worship was directed toward the unknown—their worship was shaped by ignorance rather than the revelation of God.

Kyle Borg Kyle Borg
Liberalism

Bible stolen from unsuspecting churchgoers

April 15, 2025

Tragically, the Bible has been stolen from many churches without the people noticing

Stephen Steele Stephen Steele
family worship

Household Worship Guide on Written in God's Book and Sons of Adam from 1 Chronicles 1

April 09, 2025

I love how it keeps Sunday’s message alive all week. Focusing on what was preached and what will be preached assists me in keeping the message active in my daily life.

Ed Blackwood Ed Blackwood

Disciplining the Middle

April 08, 2025

Over the years, I have coached many basketball players at different levels. There are those little ones in the K-3rd grade league whom you teach the very basics, and I have helped skilled

Kyle E. Sims Kyle E. Sims
family devotions

Worship Connected Family Worship Guide 2 Kings 4

April 02, 2025

If you find it useful to use these in your household/family worship, consider asking your pastor to speak to me about him developing something similar in your congregation.

Ed Blackwood Ed Blackwood

3GT Episode 331: Yes, SSA is SSA

March 31, 2025

Having had difficulty recording due to full schedules, and still down to two with Kyle away, at least Scott and Barry were available to man the mics. Given questions and feedback received from

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family worship

Worship Connected Family Worship Guide 1 Kings 8

March 26, 2025

We are considering Solomon's dedication of The House for the Lord's Name in 1 Kings 8.

Ed Blackwood Ed Blackwood

And all the people said… [inaudible mumble]

March 26, 2025

I probably said it at church today about 15 times. You might have said it slightly less. It’s a “religious” word. You find it translated in English Bibles 50 times, each time

Simon Arscott Simon Arscott
testimony to grace

Streams in the Desert

March 25, 2025

It is a profitable exercise to consider the many providences of God that He ordained to bring a person to faith in Christ.  This includes not only the proximate ones but also those that are more distant.  There are many long streams that supply the river of God’s saving grace into a person’s life.

Kit Swartz

Where Are the Men?

March 22, 2025

Mary Slessor (1848-1915), a Seceder missionary, serving in present day Nigeria closely followed the events of the 1910 World Missionary Conference in Edinburgh, Scotland. This conference was supposed to spur on the final

Nathan Eshelman Nathan Eshelman

Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona daoibh! (Happy St Patrick's Day)

March 20, 2025

St Patrick's Day is celebrated in more countries than any other national festival. So who was this guy?! What did he do that was such a big deal?

Warren Peel Warren Peel

SSA is SSA

March 19, 2025

Our increasingly avant-garde modern world loves to play word games. All around the Pittsburgh area where I work, you will see signs on front lawns, the sides of city buses, shop windows, and

Barry York Barry York

To be a Pilgrim?

March 19, 2025

A Pilgrim Memory As I was reading this morning about the patriarchal pilgrim spirit, my mind was turned to the words of John Bunyan: we used to sing them regularly, with great gusto,

Andrew Kerr Andrew Kerr

Remember

March 18, 2025

The Bible speaks often about forgetfulness, but not in the way we commonly think of it. Forgetfulness in Scripture is not simply neglecting to return a phone call or failing to pay a

Nathan Eshelman Nathan Eshelman

Episode 330: Worship Connected with Ed Blackwood

March 10, 2025

On this episode of Three Guys Theologizing, Pastor Ed Blackwood of the Springs Reformed Church of Colorado Spring, CO, joins them to discuss a ministry he has developed called Worship Connected. Ed, who

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contentment

Chosen

March 05, 2025

Runaway He was chosen to be a runaway, hiding in the caves and constantly pursued by his enemies. He was chosen to be exiled, running from home and then running from his reputation

Vanessa Le Vanessa Le

Slander Handler

March 03, 2025

Slander is one of the most insidious sins of all. Deliberately spreading lies and falsehoods against someone to ruin their life, reputation, and relationships is a great evil. When this sin occurs in

Barry York Barry York

The Glory of the House

March 03, 2025

Gold-leaf over California redwood served as the medium for the phrase "The Glory of the House is Hospitality." The Greene and Greene designed house in Pasadena, California named "The Culbertson

Nathan Eshelman Nathan Eshelman

3GT Episode 329: Church Cliquiness

March 01, 2025

After an all-time great introduction by the parishioner, he and the pastor wish the professor a happy birthday before they get to the subject at hand. A listener named Ian wanted the 3GTers

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Handel

Handel's Messiah

February 25, 2025

The author masterfully weaves together the stories of a number of people who made a significant contribution to the production of Handel’s Messiah.  He is skillful also in setting these stories in the broad historical context. The book is an engaging, informative and satisfying read.

Kit Swartz

Did an Antediluvian Theology of Sacrifice exist?

February 22, 2025

I want to suggest six hints in the first eleven chapters of Genesis that point to a far-more-developed sacrificial system prior to the Flood that most care to think. Covering We are told

Andrew Kerr Andrew Kerr
Evangelism

Books on Evangelism

February 21, 2025

Since I have this little mound of evangelism books sitting on my desk I thought I would recommend some of them here.

Warren Peel Warren Peel

Five Heart Benefits

February 20, 2025

"Trust in God." "Trust in Christ." "Trust the Bible." We hear this word often as Christians as we are often encouraged to trust. To trust means to

Nathan Eshelman Nathan Eshelman
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