Nothing can be more weak and foolish, or more destructive of authority, than when children are noisy and in an ill humor, to give them or promise them something to appease them.   Ten pithy sayings from John Witherspoon, Scottish Presbyterian pastor, President of Princeton (1768-1794), and signer of the Declaration of Independence, on parental... Continue Reading

Gosnell, 72, faces five counts of murder—four for babies allegedly killed after being born alive and one for a patient who died after receiving too much anesthesia. Common Pleas Court Judge Jeffrey Minehart dismissed three other charges Tuesday, saying state prosecutors had failed to make a case in the deaths of those babies. Gosnell faces... Continue Reading

The “all things” Paul tells us to do without grumbling aren’t the fun things. Nobody grumbles about having to do something fun or pleasant. It’s the miserable things. The hard tasks. The unreasonable assignments. The ridiculous chore that you’ll just have to do again tomorrow anyway. The unexpected tasks. The interruptions. The things you’d rather... Continue Reading

And I am exhausted. The toll this job has taken on me and on my family cannot be ignored. I also know that, although I have committed each day to serve God and this institution to the best of my ability, I have strained or broken relationships with several of Erskine’s most important alumni, faculty, and... Continue Reading

A memorial service to remember this great servant of God will be at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 27th, at First Presbyterian Church in Hattiesburg.  Becky will have a private burial before the memorial service.  Dr. Sean Lucas and Dr. Jim Baird will be officiating, and Becky has invited our Board of Trustees members to... Continue Reading

I’ve observed that a common denominator among women in the lifestyle is that they “don’t feel like they belong.” When I mentioned this observation to a woman at a residential home, she said that it described exactly how she felt on the street. A feeling of not belonging: how central that is to the human... Continue Reading

I learned that the main problem in higher education is not that we don’t teach religion at the university. The problem is that we teach false religion. We teach kids that they may define the unborn as property if it will facilitate their sexual lifestyle or their economic well-being…that both their conduct and idea of... Continue Reading

“It’s called BEING the church!” The more we do to revitalize it, the more flaccid it often becomes. Many church observers would probably agree that some (but not all) of our most widely-touted “fixes” and innovations for the church failed to do much, cost a lot of money, and caused discord among many traditionalists—that’s probably... Continue Reading

The Reformed Presbyterian Church in the U.S., at it meeting on April 19, 2013, adopted a statement concerning Homosexuality and Same Sex marriage. They intentionally included positions from the Presbyterian Church in America and the Orthodox Presbyterian Church with the hope that they would once again join in making a prophetic statement to those in... Continue Reading

“We have lost our friends and neighbors. We lost the safety and comfort of our homes,” said [Pastor] Crowder, raising his voice over the whirr of helicopters surveying the nearby rubble from overhead. “But as scary as this is, we don’t have to be afraid.” The explosion at the West Fertilizer Co. rocketed shrapnel across... Continue Reading