good advice Pastoral Advice January 19, 2024 I do not remember who said it, but someone once said: “When I was young I gave advice to everyone fearful no one would listen. Now that I’m older I give advice to no one fearful everyone will listen.” There’s a note of wisdom in that self-experience.
Sit and Be Still January 17, 2024 When I was a young boy, my parents would tell me to “sit and be still.” I think they picked up the expression from my grandmother on my mom’s side. I can
Christ in the Psalms The Psalms: Maximally or Minimally Messianic? January 16, 2024 Charles Spurgeon once recommended a commentary on the Bible with an interesting caveat - the author had "the peculiar idea that Christ is in every Psalm".
3GT Episode 302: Elementary or Circumstantial? January 15, 2024 As the boys open up another episode of 3GT, they go about their common bantering to begin. But then they settle in to discussing the topic at hand, which is "What is
trust Actual trust… January 13, 2024 “It’s so much easier to trust when life is going well…” So said someone to me the other day. They were beating themselves up a bit for struggling to keep going... as
A Banquet with the King January 10, 2024 Samuel Rutherford (1600-1661) was found guilty of "non-conformity" and presbyterianism by the Bishop Sydserff of Galloway. Rutherford was forced from his perish, Anworth Old Kirk (where he served between 1627-1636), and
children Let Us Become Like Little Children January 10, 2024 Let us become like little children, singing freely to the King of Kings. Faces lifted, voices ringing, unconcerned with notes and rhythm, twisting melodies in swirls of wonder, joy in every note they
Chaplains January 09, 2024 Since taking my new job at Erskine Seminary, I have been able to represent the school at several chaplain events. Our seminary has a long history of training military chaplains. This week, I
Prayer: A Means, Not a Mark? January 08, 2024 Recently, I wrote an article on prayer as a means of grace. As the Westminster Shorter Catechism states: Q. 88. What are the outward and ordinary means whereby Christ communicates to us the
worship After Church, Then What? January 06, 2024 So, church is over, now what? Many opt for the nap and that’s fine as far as it goes. But neither the Bible nor the Confession tell us to be sluggardly. It’
Christ's Atonement: Not Universal in Application January 04, 2024 James Durham (1622–1658) interacts extensively with universal atonement--the idea that Christ died for all men without distinction--in his sermon series Christ Crucified: The Marrow of the Gospel. Sermons 31-33 contain fragments that
Christian Nationalism The Case for Christian Nationalism: A Review January 03, 2024 However, as the years have gone by, it has become clear that Christian Nationalism was never anything but the media’s trope for any orthodox Christian who makes their beliefs public, making the label about as ambiguous as the events of January 6th itself.
refugees City of Refuge January 02, 2024 Let us take care of our own, be a refuge for someone and, together, aspire to fulfill the high calling of our own Safe Haven by becoming a true city of refuge.
Why Me? January 01, 2024 The Book of Job shows him experiencing in an extreme degree the bitterness and perplexity of unexplained suffering, refusing to acquiesce in rational theories that make God's way subject to simple
Book of Ruth The Unfinished Story December 29, 2023 For a plethora of reasons, the Book of Ruth has a special place in my heart: it was one of my first expository series that I preached; read by a death bed, it
Bible Reading Program 2024 Bible Reading Plans December 28, 2023 Vow five of communicant membership in the RPCNA states in part, "To the end that you may grow in the Christian life, do you promise that you will diligently read the Bible.
merry Merry New Year! December 27, 2023 Newness is the reason and purpose of Christmas. Jesus came in order to make us new by means of His life and work. These two things belong together. Therefore, Merry New Year!
3GT Episode 301: Five Lies of Our Anti-Christian Age with Rosaria Butterfield December 26, 2023 Though down a professor, the parishioner and pastor bring on another one far more renowned. For Dr. Rosaria Butterfield, author of Five Lies of Our Anti-Christian Age, comes onto 3GT to discuss her
Evaluation Time To Stop and Consider December 23, 2023 The world and Bible both see this truth. Now as we end the year, it is a time to stop look around, evaluate, and plan. For life is short and the days are fast.
Peace Peace on Earth: Middle East? December 23, 2023 “Peace in the Middle East” is such a long-standing pressing need that it has become a cruel joke for a platform in beauty contest satires and other portrayals of impossible aspiration.
Lessons Learned from a Friend December 23, 2023 The following is a guest post written by Mark Sampson, Director of Institutional Advancement at Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary and a ruling elder at Grace Reformed Presbyterian Church in Gibsonia, Pennsylvania. Psalm 145:
Discontented Beggars December 22, 2023 "It is too much for a child to be discontented in his father’s house, but if you have taken a poor beggar boy, who lay begging at your door, into your
Grace Grows Best in Winter December 20, 2023 In the fall I visited Lowe’s and spoke to the clerk about planting grass seed in a few places where my lawn is more dirt than turf. His advice was simple; don’
Incarnation Veiled in Flesh? December 19, 2023 The great truth of the incarnation is not God veiled – but God revealed.
