The sign of a great leader is not that they are the most gifted or competent person in the organization. The sign of a great leader is someone who can attract and keep people more gifted and competent than themselves.   So…let’s just be honest. I’m a little insecure. My guess is you might be... Continue Reading

What’s important for congregants to understand is that it is not only listeners who need to remain undistracted, who need to battle to keep their minds focused and their thoughts directed. The preacher fights the same battle….So, just as we pray for undistracted minds for those who listen, we would do well to pray for... Continue Reading

If you love Jesus, and you are a citizen of the United States, you may not carry scars on your body (like Paul and many others in the NT did); but you may very well bear scars on your heart and soul—and all of them are the scourges of God’s enemies who do the devil’s... Continue Reading

The greatest of God’s most splendid, majestic, and royal works is the coming to save guilty worms who deserve His very own wrath. What a Savior! Splendid and majestic is His work (Psalm 111.3).   In a song of praise to God, David, Asaph, and the worship-leaders proclaimed: “Splendor and majesty are before God” (1... Continue Reading

We must confess. We must acknowledge that we have not rejoiced always, that we have not prayed without ceasing, that we have not given thanks in everything. We must admit that we have sung the name of Christ while murmuring against His providence.   You shall not take the name of the Lord your God... Continue Reading

Every word we speak or write has the power to bring life or cause harm, whether communicated directly or through social media. Let us remember the words of the Apostle Paul, who admonishes: “Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to... Continue Reading

John Henry Livingston was to the Reformed Dutch Church as John Witherspoon was to the Presbyterian Church. Both Witherspoon and Livingston were important influences for the constitutional documents of their respective churches. Both men were pastors and popular preachers as well.…each man had ancestors in Scotland thus giving both the Dutch Reformed and American Presbyterians... Continue Reading

If God is the most important Person in our lives, that should be obvious. We should make time to serve in the local church. Our giving should be the first thing that comes from our budget. We should be keen to use our talents to build others up, not only to make more money.  ... Continue Reading

It may feel like God is against you, but His Word, which reveals His character, culminating in the cross of His Son, tells you otherwise. No matter what you are going through, no matter how much your heart is broken, no matter how you are feeling, this is God’s word to you: “If God is... Continue Reading

It is worth putting in the hard work to study this period of the church’s history. We can learn much from the early church—what it got right and what it got wrong—and especially from observing God at work in the lives of his people, sometimes through dramatic miracles and at other times through hidden acts... Continue Reading