The Best Post Ever!! It Will Have You in Tears!! Of Joy!! And Mourning!!
A little while ago, I began noticing facebook links with a similar pattern: “The Cutest Kittens Ever! #3 Will Leave You Smiling for Days!” “You Won’t Believe These Sunrises! #20 Made Me Cry!” “This...
View ArticleA Good Bit From C.S. Lewis
Taken from Mere Christianity, chapter 9, Counting the Cost: “That is why we must not be surprised if we are in for a rough time. When a man turns to Christ and seems to be getting on pretty well (in...
View ArticleWeekend Quote: Predestination and Holiness
From The Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin (Book 3, 23:12): Another argument which they employ to overthrow predestination is that if it stand, all care and study of well doing must...
View ArticleWeekend Quote: Bonar on Coverings for Sin
From Light and Truth, Bible Thoughts and Themes by Horatius Bonar, in reference to Adam and Eve covering themselves with fig leaves after eating the forbidden fruit in the garden. Man thinks he can...
View ArticleJohn Calvin on the Why and How of Fasting
Last Sunday night we studied Jesus’ words in the Sermon on the Mount regarding fasting. One of the things that stands out is that fasting is nowhere commanded in Scripture, but rather is simply...
View ArticlePraying for Home-Grown Laborers
Instructive words for our own day from B. W. McDonnold’s History of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church: “There is a wonderful difference between the growth of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in the...
View ArticleLet Pulpit Freedom Ring!
In the 1920s a group of young people in the RPCNA asked their ministers why they chose to pastor in their particular denomination. As I reviewed the answers of these long dead ministers, I realized...
View ArticleG.K. Chesterton Weekend Edition
“But the new rebel is a skeptic, and will not entirely trust anything. He has no loyalty; therefore he can never be really a revolutionist. And the fact that he doubts everything really gets in his way...
View ArticleThe Benefits and Joys of Christian Meditation
In a paper exploring The Puritan Practice of Meditation, Joel Beeke helpfully summarizes a number of biblical findings. Let this be an encouragement and enticement to us all. Meditation helps us focus...
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Ordinary Elders
When we think of the work of the elders of the church what are the primary duties that we consider? In the Book of Acts, chapter 6, the elders of the church are to devote themselves to the ministry of...
View ArticleThe Tender Heart of the Mother
For your encouragement in anticipation of Mothers’ Day, the following are the reflections of D. S. Faris on his mother Nancy Faris (1806-1881) upon her death. Earlier this week, this article...
View ArticleFearing the Lord
In my studies yesterday, I came across this article by the great Dutch Reformer Wilhelmus à Brakel on the fear of the Lord. Because Scripture repeatedly shows how important the fear of God is (Ps....
View ArticleChrysostom: The Innumerable Vexations of a Pastor
In high school, I served as a leader in our presbytery’s youth program. After one event, I learned that I had hurt another person by apparently gazing judgmentally from across the room at a certain...
View ArticleGospel Beauty Beyond Syllogisms
The Christian life is the life of a forgiven sinner. Read it again. The Christian life is the life of a forgiven sinner. There is something refreshing about the simplicity of a statement such as this....
View ArticleA Call To Closeness
O Soul Are You Weary And Troubled Perhaps like me, at this time in the year, you’re getting rather jaded. Rest and relaxation is usually ‘what the doctor ordered’. Even more important you need to...
View ArticleUnderestimating the Genius of God
I am of the opinion that C.S. Lewis’ book Perelandra is a work of genius. The rich allegory, theological depth, and masterful literary style all combine to make this one of the greatest books I have...
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Sinners at the Sacrament?
Let a man examine himself. These words of the Apostle Paul weigh heavily upon the hearts and minds of so many believers as we prepare to the come to the Lord’s Supper. These are weighty and heavy words...
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From Geneva to Amsterdam in Five Minutes!
Alpine Climes! I’ve just arrived back from 3 days on the slopes with Andy Jr skiing. We stayed in a beautiful little village in the Chablais region of the Northern French Alps called Les Gets – really...
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