Corrie’s number was called by the guards. Stepping forward, she half expected to be “taken to the showers,” but, she was given a hat, coat, shoes, and her release papers! Later she discovered that her release had been due to a “clerical error” and that the next week, all the women of her age (over... Continue Reading

Edward F. Hills studied under such OPC pillars as Dr. Machen, Dr. Van Til, Dr. Murray, and Dr. Stonehouse (a time when giants roamed the earth) and he graduated from Westminster Theological Seminary. He went on to become a credentialed text critic who would eventually hold four degrees, two of which were from Ivy League... Continue Reading

Amy Carmichael (1867-1951) was a Protestant Christian from Ireland who served faithfully as a missionary in India for fifty-six years. She and a group of fellow Christians once ministered in an Indian village where they met a young boy from a Hindu family. Sometime earlier the boy had approached his own dad with a spiritual concern:... Continue Reading

We are to remember how merciful God has been to us, to our families, and to our nation, in making such a thing as family worship possible, and in giving us a desire for it. Furthermore, anyone with any influence at all has a responsibility by word and example to encourage and admonish others to... Continue Reading

“Sometimes people ask me whether I wish I could skip that whole part of my life, if I could live my life over,” she said. “I tell them that I do not. That part of my life was very, very difficult; I cannot think about it today without crying, even though I never cried much... Continue Reading

In my personal valley of humiliation—pain, discomfort, and embarrassing incapacity—this experience of giving God’s holy Word to a North African Muslim became a mountain top experience.  I was elated and overjoyed with the providence that brought a Moroccan Muslim and an American Christian who spoke both French and limited Arabic together for His purpose.  What... Continue Reading

This volume, like the one before it, is largely concerned with the doctrinalside of Christian spirituality, whereasthe two works that follow focus more on practical Christian living. In a time of theological controversy and spiritual confusion, Ryle called readers back to the “simple, unadulterated, and old-fashioned” evangelical theology and piety of generations past.[6]   C.... Continue Reading

In his preface to his commentary on the book of Psalms, Calvin made a most remarkable statement about providence that went to the very heart and soul of the religion he embraced and counseled others to embrace. He writes that knowing the Psalter teaches Christians to suffer for God so that “we renounce the guidance... Continue Reading

[Note: Recently I noticed a report that CNN anchor Chris Cuomo had chipped a tooth due to shivering from the COVID-19 virus. This was national news. While I don’t wish for anyone to suffer excessive virus-induced dental expenses, one purpose for the foregoing article is to remind readers of what was once considered to constitute... Continue Reading

As a pastor who is struggling through difficult questions facing my own ministry, Green — a man who was infected with disease as a result of pastoral visitation, who dealt charitably with the weakness of his family and wife, who labored tirelessly in preaching, and who recognized God’s blessing even in canceling church — is... Continue Reading