Do not try to brave the storm of God’s fury on your own. Your only hope is to run to your Savior today. Cast yourself on his mercy and he will save you from your sins. Examine your life. Examine the Word of God. And see if you can spot the difference. And if there... Continue Reading

Friendship is a gift from God. Friends mattered to Jesus. Jesus has called us his friends. He is indeed a friend born for adversity who sticks closer than a brother.   Are you a good friend? I hope so. Good friends are one of the greatest gifts of my life. In fact, friendships are one... Continue Reading

Augustine warns that his focus should not be given solely to the rules of oratory and eloquence in order to accomplish these two tasks. While this will undoubtedly prove useful for the preacher and beneficial to the congregation, what is of utmost importance when considering how to say what one must say is prayer. Success... Continue Reading

Reformed mission is thoroughly church-oriented. Mission begins with the church (in sending) and ends with the church as disciples are gathered into local assemblies. While the church sends out its best to foreign lands—imagine Paul and Barnabas leaving your church!—conversions occur by God’s grace, and new churches are organized and established. These new churches then... Continue Reading

As Paul described his ministry, we are given an example par excellence of the active ministry a pastor should have. Here are five ways you should pray that your elders and especially your minister will bring the truth of God’s Word to bear on the life of your congregation in order to keep the wolves... Continue Reading

The Pilgrims should be remembered four-hundred years hence for their Christian dedication, virtue, persistence, work ethic, and commitment to covenantally govern themselves. The Covenant of Grace bound them redemptively to God and one another, while the political covenant of the Mayflower Compact bound them to their neighbors for the common good as administered by capable and pious... Continue Reading

In the early second century, the Roman governor Pliny the Younger described a group of Christians singing “a hymn to Christ as to a god.” This impulse to sing to Christ as God only multiplied in the centuries that followed. Soon, Christians sang hymns to mark times of the day, to combat heresy, to distill... Continue Reading

We might be surprised that Calvin placed the worship of God as the first of the Reformation issues, but this was a consistent theme of his. Earlier, he had written to Cardinal Sadoleto: “There is nothing more perilous to our salvation than a preposterous and perverse worship of God.” Worship is where we meet with... Continue Reading

The Arlington Statement on Bible Translation was released on October 22, 2020. It contains a set of principles of Bible translation that have been drafted carefully by Bible translators and scholars worldwide from many organizations who are passionate about preserving the integrity of the truths found in God’s eternal and unchanging Word. The statement emphasizes... Continue Reading

There might be great benefits to local churches and to teaching elders if more of those presently without connection served on local sessions. Churches would be blessed with able men who could assist (even if only part-time or as needed) with the ministry of the church. The men would benefit from the oversight of a... Continue Reading