We have found out that because of budget shortfalls, we will again not receive a cost of living raise.  This has been the case for many years (I’m not revealing how many years without a raise in hopes that other churches will think I am writing about THEIR church). Why are we to “trust God... Continue Reading

“It’s difficult to imagine the loss of what we cannot see. Abortion silently, persistently, unrelentingly, continues to take away generations from all of us. There simply aren’t tears enough to satisfy the mourning that would take place if we had eyes to see those who are missing from our lives.”   In 1947, on a... Continue Reading

“All of Wolterstorff’s engagement with Scripture appears to be shaped by his gambit: If same-sex sexual intimacy isn’t inherently unloving, then opposition to same-sex marriage can only be due to a misbegotten commitment to divine command theory.”   Nicholas Wolterstorff’s recent case for same-sex marriage, delivered as a lecture at Neland Avenue Christian Reformed Church... Continue Reading

“Charles died in 1558, having placed other family members to administer the parts of the empire. The shifting political alliances continued throughout his life and beyond making political solutions impossible without strong military backing. And the hoped for reforms from the Council of Trent were slow in coming and received throughout the western churches with... Continue Reading

To the extent that Hatmaker has helped promote and grow this sort of syncretist Christianity she should be criticized, but this problem is far older than Hatmaker and is something that Hatmaker inherited from other older Christians. So criticism that singles out Hatmaker is misguided; Hatmaker is one part of a much larger sub-culture of... Continue Reading

All four of my children belong to the Lord. As long as their lives are under our care, I want them to feel safe, secure and loved. I pray that they would know with deep assurance that neither we, nor their Father in Heaven, will ever leave them or forsake them no matter what.  ... Continue Reading

Around the year 382, Jerome made an updated Latin translation of the Bible, which would later become known as the Vulgate, or the commonly-used translation of the Bible.…The second development is the key event which happened 500 years ago, in 1516: Dutch scholar Erasmus published the first Greek New Testament and a fresh Latin translation... Continue Reading

I have now to ask whether you can consent to part with your daughter early next spring, to see her no more in this world? Whether you can consent to her departure to a heathen land, and her subjection to the hardships and sufferings of a missionary life? Whether you can consent to her exposure... Continue Reading

“We have never seen an instance as egregious as this—of the state government intruding upon the sanctity of the pulpit. That is a gross violation of the First Amendment,” Jeremy Dys, senior counsel for First Liberty Institute, told reporters. Dys said state officials acted illegally on two counts: First, when they requested Walsh’s sermons after... Continue Reading

When church members are hurting or in trouble it is their pastor who is often the first to hear of it. People often turn to their pastor to confess their struggles or sins. It’s very likely that the pastor knows more about the pain inflicting the members of the congregation or about their besetting sins... Continue Reading