Did we succeed in worship this Sunday? At first this may seem like a very silly question. But those who planned and led worship will probably be asking themselves this question on Monday morning. Did we succeed? It is not always easy to answer this question! The strange thing is, landscapers know when they succeed... Continue Reading

Why do we only ever have Christian conferences on things such as the performing arts, or politics, or literature, or movies? Why never on toilet cleaning, factory floor sweeping, or production line manufacturing? I confess that I am reeling from the fact that, at an age when I was still reading books with titles like... Continue Reading

Samuel Adams could say “The people seem to recognize this resolution as though it were a decree promulgated from heaven.” This address was delivered on July 5, 1926 rather than on July 4 because July 4 was a Sunday. The nation had a tradition of not holding public celebrations on Sunday—it still was seen as... Continue Reading

It is time to address our national epidemic of religious illiteracy Who knows more about religion – the arch-atheist Christopher Hitchens or Islam bashed Rev. Franklin Graham? Most likely the unbeliever, according to a U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey released today by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. In this, the first major study... Continue Reading

In this strange new world of the Bible, then, salvation is not so much about each individual being given some thing called grace; it is about being snipped out of one plant, Adam, and grafted into another, Christ. John Bunyan believed that Christians are saved by grace. Of course. It was what everyone seemed to... Continue Reading

“The parents have a right to say that no teacher paid by their money shall rob their children of faith in God and send them back to their home…If we have to give up either religion or education, we should give up education” At a recent press conference in Dayton, Tennessee William Jennings Bryan, who... Continue Reading

Evangelical Christians…credibility on the issue of marriage is significantly discounted by our acceptance of divorce…Divorce is now the scandal of the evangelical conscience. Mark A. Smith, who teaches political science at the University of Washington, pays close attention to what is now commonly called the “culture war” in America. Though the roots of this cultural... Continue Reading

That’s not Christianity, that’s voodoo, or magic, or just plain silliness. I’m guessing that if you’re a Christian and you’ve got email, you’ve received dozens—if not hundreds—of those chain-letter emails that seem to make the rounds. Many of them contain pleasant messages, some have beautiful pictures, and most include a prayer or two. If that... Continue Reading

RMP voted on Thursday, September 30 to unanimously approve the report of a Committee to Investigate and thus exonerate Dr. Aquila of the charges raised by Metro New York Presbytery. This spring, Dr. Dominic Aquila, former moderator of the PCA General Assembly and President of New Geneva Theological Seminary, posted an article in the Web... Continue Reading

Too many seminaries are turning out graduates who are good preachers and can serve as the resident theologians of their churches, instead of graduating ministers whose heart and passion is to start new churches to help further the Kingdom of God. That was part of the message that Rev. Carl Bosma, assistant professor of Old... Continue Reading