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Abotion

Planned Parenthood President: "We Look Forward to the Facts Coming Out"

August 01, 2015

So let's keep them coming.  Here is the fourth Center for Medical Progress video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWQuZMvcFA8

Barry York Barry York
3GT

3GTing

July 31, 2015

As we announced earlier this week, three of us here on Gentle Reformation have begun a podcast called 3GT (for "Three Guys Theologizing"). Austin and Kyle are the young men with

Barry York Barry York
Brit Hume

Browse Worthy: Is the Tide Turning on Planned Parenthood?

July 30, 2015

When the first of the videos exposing Planned Parenthood came out, I stated that the mainstream media was not giving this issue much notice.  I now gladly recant of that opinion.  As the

Barry York Barry York

Is She In Heaven?

July 29, 2015

How do you answer that question?  How do you answer it when it is being asked by the deaf mother of a 26 year-old woman who has fallen 15 stories to her death?

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My New Friend

July 27, 2015

When we are seen together in the evening service, often one of us is asked a question.  "Barry, how did you meet Thomas?" or "How do you know Pastor York,

Barry York Barry York
Blackhawks

He’s Invested Too Much

July 23, 2015

Last month the Chicago Blackhawks won their sixth Stanley Cup Championship as a professional ice hockey franchise. More impressively, this is their third title in the last six years. Given the team’s

Richard Holdeman Richard Holdeman
abortion

A Modest Proposal: We Are the Satire

July 21, 2015

"I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome

Kyle Borg Kyle Borg
Me Monster

Beware the Me Monster!

July 21, 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yQGfxC1QI0 We all know a few Me Monsters. And if we’re honest, we’ll do just about anything to avoid getting caught by one at Wal-Mart-

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Emily Post

Textiquette for Teenagers

July 20, 2015

My children will tell you that I'm a bit of an old fuddy-duddy when it comes to cell phones and texting.  For a long time, I refused to get texting on

Barry York Barry York
Augustine

Augustine on Using Another Preacher's Material

July 17, 2015

In the Digital Age, with so many other men's work available at SermonAudio, blogs, ministry websites, etc., every preacher wrestles with using another man's material. Augustine, in his fourth

Barry York Barry York
George Herbert

Love (III) by George Herbert

July 16, 2015

In posting about the darkness of our age earlier this morning, I thought I would share the poem below.  In a class I am in being taught by Dr. Dennis Johnson, he read

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abortion

Browse Worthy: Planned Parenthood

July 16, 2015

Though being mainly ignored by the mainstream media, the video capturing a Planned Parenthood executive talking about selling body parts of aborted babies is all over social media.  What makes this sickening tape

Barry York Barry York

A Little Bit of Everything

July 14, 2015

• Oxford mathematician and Christian apologist, John Lennox, recently gave an encouraging and enjoyable talk [http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable/Episodes/Unbelievable-John-Lennox-Premier-Lecture-Going-Against-the-Flow] on Daniel. He expanded upon the theme of faithfulness, challenging

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Two Dates My Epitaph

July 13, 2015

Corrupted from the womb, Consigned to damning tomb - Two dates my epitaph. Soon chiseled upon stone, Story of my life. Yet He came forth! First a babe From virgin womb, Then a

Barry York Barry York
Ecclesiastes

Solomon's Three Stages of Adulthood

July 09, 2015

Of the five books of wisdom in the Old Testament, three of them commonly have their authorship attributed to Solomon. Interestingly, we might roughly divide adulthood into stages that each of these books

Barry York Barry York
Reply to Matthew Vines' 40 questions

Rainbow Colored Questions With Replies

July 07, 2015

You may have noticed a recent article [http://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/kevindeyoung/2015/07/01/40-questions-for-christians-now-waving-rainbow-flags/] by Kevin DeYoung. It was entitled, “40 Questions for Christians Now Waving Rainbow Flags.” The questions

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Daddy

Daddy Notes

July 06, 2015

Recently I stumbled upon some unread notes from my youngest daughter written to me quite some time ago. In discovering them, my heart was touched by how much our children need our small

Barry York Barry York

A Disciple of Mary?

July 03, 2015

I have often said that July is the best time to work through Jesus's birth narratives. July is far enough away from December 25 that the emotional trappings of the day

Nathan Eshelman Nathan Eshelman
euthenasia

A Lament for Sally (and the rest of us)

July 02, 2015

There is a difference between freedom and autonomy (literally, self-law).  Freedom allows flourishing within a defined context conducive to life.  To bloom bright and beautiful, flowers are “constrained” by their need for water,

Rut Etheridge III Rut Etheridge III

The world and its ways are winning

June 30, 2015

We are living at a time when the world and it's ways are winning in western civilization. On the face of it, It simply cannot be argued against. No matter which

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homosexuality

Homosexuality: A Losing Battle?

June 29, 2015

Guest Blogger: Michael LeFebvre Dr. LeFebvre is the pastor of Christ Church on the west side on Indianapolis, IN, and editor of The Gospel and Sexual Orientation. This post was originally given as

Barry York Barry York
children

Are My Children Christians?

June 26, 2015

Children. They're a blessing from the Lord, right? Absolutely! But if you're a parent you know that these little people are the source of more fear, anxiety, and worry

Kyle Borg Kyle Borg
Church

Shepherd the Shepherd

June 23, 2015

It wasn't until I was nearly twenty-two years old that I first became a member of a church. In the college town where I was, there was a small Presbyterian congregation

Kyle Borg Kyle Borg
Free will

The Impact of the Upward Fall on Man's Will

June 22, 2015

In his work Theology is for Proclamation, Lutheran theologian Gerhard Forde (pronounced fur-dy) offers an insightful perspective on the impact of the fall of man in Adam on our wills.  In so doing,

Barry York Barry York
Charleston Shooter

Where Grace and Justice Converge- Victims' Families Respond To Charleston Shooter

June 19, 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=363&v=e26Eysq22Yg [https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=363&v=e26Eysq22Yg]

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