John Owen Awakening Sin to Kill It September 12, 2016 In his work The Mortification of Sin, John Owen gives page after page of help in how to "kill sin before it kills you." In one section, he speaks of "
Carl Trueman The Monster We Created: Councils, Brand Names, and Celebrities September 12, 2016 In Mary Shelley's novel, Frankenstein, a young scientist, Victor Frankenstein, conjures up a way to give life to the nonliving. His ambition leads him to an unorthodox science experiment that breeds
Father Questioning Our Father September 08, 2016 I love questions. Want to know why? Partly because of their power to reveal hearts. The question I just asked revealed your heart toward me and this article. Though I and others may
Barry Danylak Follow Up from "With Love, Your Single Daughter" September 05, 2016 The following post is another article written by Rachel Dinkledine, who wrote a popular post a few weeks ago called With Love, Your Single Daughter. Rachel works as a registered nurse in the
suffering Don’t waste your Suffering #4 September 03, 2016 So far we have seen two things that will exacerbate our suffering. First of all there is a deficient trust—when we are not looking enough at God. Second is a misplaced trust—
Reformed Pentecostals September 02, 2016 The accusation is often made that people in the reformed and presbyterian tradition do not focus enough on the work of the Holy Spirit. We’ve all heard the accusation. Pentecostals and charismatics
Capitalism Can Capitalist Pigs be Pious Christians? September 01, 2016 This is a guest post by J.K. Wall who is a writer and former business reporter in Indianapolis. His modernized abridgment of William Symington’s work, Messiah the Prince Revisited, was published
One Tasty Audio Pick... And Let's Toss in a Movie for Fun August 29, 2016 So the theme is ethical dilemmas. Both the RadioLab episode and the movie I'm about to recommend present us with situations that unsettle our ethical equilibrium. Sometimes life in a cursed,
Ken Smith Male Models August 29, 2016 No, not the kind that appear on the cover of GQ. In this day of gender confusion, political correctness, and spineless faith, we need male models. Men who exemplify true masculinity. Here I
Happily Ever After August 27, 2016 Most of us have grown up with a strong affection for books that finish well and fairytales that conclude with ‘and they lived happily ever after.’ Whether it’s ‘Beauty and Beast’ or
cancer treatment C1D1 August 25, 2016 “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.” (Matthew 6:34, NKJ). Today is C1D1 for me. That stands
Temptation of Christ Satan's Opportune Time... August 23, 2016 It is worth observing that when Christ overcame the temptations of Satan in the wilderness, neither grumbling like Israel of old, nor capitulating like Adam, Luke adds these striking words, “Now when the
Browse Worthy: Being Dad August 22, 2016 After a full summer schedule, we are enjoying family vacation before we head back into the busyness of fall. As I work this week on reconnecting with my children, these videos recently viewed
Don’t waste your suffering #3 August 20, 2016 Picture two avid sportsmen. Both Christians. Both sustain a career threatening injury. One is sorry that his playing days are over, he’ll miss game, it will be some time before he will
Some thoughts on visiting Niagara Falls August 19, 2016 [https://gentlereformation.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/P1010266.jpg]This time last month our family had the privilege of visiting Niagara Falls and spending 24 hours looking at the cascading water from every
Family With Love, Your Single Daughter August 18, 2016 The following post is a guest article written by Rachel Dinkledine, a young woman I have had the pleasure of watching grow up since the day I took her brothers to see her
presbyterianism 3GT: Of Birthdays and Synods August 16, 2016 With the absence of Austin, Kyle and Barry forge ahead discussing the various happenings at Synod, as well as a few news items in the OPC and PCA. It’s a very Presbyterian
Evangelical Eloquence On Being Persuasive August 15, 2016 From parenting to preaching, seeking to persuade others about the truths of the Bible and obedience to it is a fine art. One can easily veer off course and come across as harsh,
Gene Edward Veith Seeing Is Believing August 09, 2016 This is a guest post by J.K. Wall who is a writer in Indianapolis. His modernized abridgment of William Symington’s work, Messiah the Prince Revisited, was published in 2014 by Crown
Athanasius The Miraculous in the Mundane August 08, 2016 The following is a guest post by J.K. Wall who is a writer in Indianapolis. His modernized abridgment of William Symington’s work, Messiah the Prince Revisited, was published in 2014 by
suffering Don't Waste Your Suffering #2 August 06, 2016 Last time [https://gentlereformation.com/2016/07/16/dont-waste-your-suffering-1/] we started looking at the things which waste our suffering. Top of the list is a deficient trust in God. If our faith is
To Condemn Surfing? Define Your Christianity. August 05, 2016 "Protestant missionaries... had forced surfing deep into the shadows... To Calvinists, surfing was a sinful exercise, leading only to unbridled licentiousness and godless impiety. Go surfing they pronounced from their pulpits, and
Justin Taylor When Trouble Comes August 04, 2016 So many resources to point you to! Justin Taylor interviews Philip Ryken below regarding his new book When Trouble Comes. Though I have not yet read it, I respect these men greatly and
Psalter Project The Psalter Project August 04, 2016 Here at Gentle Reformation, we love the recent rediscovery of singing the Psalms among many Christians. So many have never experienced this great treasure and we are happy to promote efforts to see
RPIC 2016 Messages August 04, 2016 As Nathan explained a few days ago, several of us at Gentle Reformation were at the quadrennial Reformed Presbyterian International Conference last week. A number of people have inquired how they might listen
