Consider having a missionary speak or have an interesting ministry update 30 minutes before the evening service. State that there will be a 15 minute psalm- or hymn-sing before the evening service. Do this once a month. State that there will be a 30 minute ice-cream social before the evening service. Do this on a different... Continue Reading

I write cards of condolence as often as I can. This is an art. I endeavor to enter someone’s sorrow, to restate what they might be experiencing. I do not offer cheap consolation. I lament with one who has lost a friend or relation or who is suffering ill health (Isaiah 50:4). I often teach... Continue Reading

Politeness matters; it tends to peace. Being a good neighbor will be more important than ever. Do not taunt or respond angrily to taunting, whatever the outcome. Say less rather than more; read Proverbs and Ecclesiastes.   There is little at this point you can do to affect the outcome of the election except to vote. God is... Continue Reading

“The Australian Catholic University will reimburse attenders of a graduation ceremony where Joe de Bruyn sparked a walkout with a speech denouncing abortion and same-sex marriage, as the university also revealed it had urged the former union chief to reconsider his remarks before he delivered them. De Bruyn’s address, delivered on Monday evening, prompted major... Continue Reading

In the face of absolute indoctrination, dwindling church attendance, and anti-Christian humanist teachings, what is the church body to do? Should we continue to send our children out to the yellow school bus? Of course not! We must take back the minds, souls, and hearts of our children and commit ourselves to independent Christian education.... Continue Reading

Another new example of “Christians” hating on real Christians was just reported on yesterday. The opening paragraphs of a piece in the Melbourne Age tells the story: Former union boss Joe de Bruyn has sparked a mass walkout at a Melbourne university graduation ceremony in response to his keynote speech opposing gay marriage and comparing abortion... Continue Reading

It was our intention to keep this as an ecclesiastical matter beyond those items that were already public. This was in part to spare Bell’s reputation and grant him opportunity for repentance. However, because Bell has re-emerged as a public figure seeking to teach and instruct churches within the Presbyterian and Reformed world (though no... Continue Reading

In stormy times, we have an opportunity to offer a lifeline when the left pushes anyone who fails their latest doctrinal purity test out of the boat. We provide good news to refugees of the sexual revolution while not allowing them to remain perfectly comfortable where they are now. All we have to do now... Continue Reading

As I have been pointing out, we are in a socio-political struggle for the long run. Therefore, I have been urging that we act accordingly. Like it or not, in politics we cannot expect overnight success through one particular election or by means of a “perfect” candidate. To continually vote for the “perfect” candidate when... Continue Reading

Christian people should be careful not to be too influenced by the celebrity culture of our age when being guided in some way by spiritual leaders who are not their local pastors or elders. Podcast preachers and YouTube teachers are not your pastors. Christians should commit to membership in a local congregation and eagerly sit... Continue Reading