True Shepherds in a Time of Plague
In 1665 Bubonic Plague, the “Black Death” as it was called at the time, broke out in the city of London, and thousands died.
But then in the midst of all that terrible sickness and sorrow, and death, who do you think it was who heard the cry of those suffering and returned in droves to minister to the sick and dying, to pastor congregations whose ministers had fled with the king to country estates, to go day by... Continue Reading
If I Were an Abuser, What Church Would I Want to Attend?
I pondered this question on my long flight home: Where would I want to go to church if I were an abuser?
It was then that we began to unpack what the term domestic violence included, what we had imagined the term to mean, and what it really meant. The definitions seemed to be eye-opening and I appreciated those that were willing to open up to an understanding of violence that moved from the image of black... Continue Reading
He Saw God Through His Pen: George Herbert (1593–1633)
The craft of poetry opened more of Christ for Herbert — and for us.
George Herbert found, as most poets have, that the effort to put the glimpse of glory into striking or moving words makes the glimpse grow. The poetic effort to say beautifully was a way of seeing beauty. The effort to find worthy words for Christ opens to us more fully the worth of Christ —... Continue Reading
Anne Steele and Her Weighty Questions
Anne reminds us that, while our human minds can’t discern God’s thoughts and plans in everything He does, we can know His faithfulness.
From an early age, Anne had learned that everything in this life – including disappointing and painful circumstances – is ordained by God, who works all things for His glory and for the good of those who love Him. This thought is not, in itself, of much comfort to sufferers, unless they know that this... Continue Reading
Where Have All The Bibles Gone?
When the preacher pulls his cell phone out of his pocket, and begins to read Scripture, it doesn’t come with quite the authority that The Book has.
Jack preached a sermon he entitled, “The Bible At The Bottom Of My Duffle Bag.” Jack actually never owned a Bible until I gave him one on his 33rd birthday. In that sermon, he relates how his grandfather…gave him a service man’s New Testament. He gingerly placed it at the bottom of his duffel bag... Continue Reading
SEC Charges John Macarthur’s Son With Defrauding Investment Firm Clients
The federal agency announced earlier this month that MacArthur, 52, his Criterion Management Insurance Services, Inc., as well as then co-owner Robert Gravette, allegedly breached their fiduciary duty
The SEC’s complaint, filed on Feb. 12, alleges that MacArthur and the other defendants listed recommended that their advisory clients invest more than $16 million in four private real estate investment funds without disclosing that the fund managers had paid them more than $1 million from 2014 to 2017. Mark MacArthur, a son of... Continue Reading
PCA Founding Father, Todd Allen, Called Home to Glory.
Pastor Allen was not only a founding father of the PCA, but he also preceded the PCA.
Pastor Allen noted: “In September of 1972 1 issued a call to disaffected churches and pastors to come to the Eastern Heights Presbyterian Church of Savannah, GA to consider the formation of a presbytery. This call resulted in the formation of Vanguard Presbytery—I was elected presbytery moderator and I was then invited to serve on... Continue Reading
Living More as We Preach—Rosalind Goforth
It is useless to preach Christ yet not live Christ.
Repeatedly being confronted by our own shortcomings has a way of driving us to more urgent dependence upon the Lord. As we continue to look to and lean upon Him, by God’s grace (and to His glory) over time we come to experience a considerable degree of progress and consistency in living and serving as... Continue Reading
Anne du Bourg – A Conflicted Martyr
He persevered in his faith in spite of these hesitancies and vacillations is a greater testimony to the faithfulness of God.
On December 23, du Bourg was sentenced to be hanged and then burned. The execution took place the same afternoon. From the scaffold, he proclaimed to the crowds, “My friends, I am not here as a thief or a murderer, but for the gospel.”[2] He was 38 years old. His last words were a prayer:... Continue Reading
John Gerstner’s Edwardsian Shadow
Put your ear to the ground in the PCA’s Ascension Presbytery in Western Pennsylvania, and you’ll hear people talking about the life and influence of Dr. John Gerstner.
There is a sense in which we can say that men like Gerstner, and Edwards before him, “lost” their battles with Culture. Edwards’ fear that orthodox Calvinism would one day be overrun by Enlightenment theologizing came true. Gerstner’s fear that the mainline denomination would veer towards the cliff of subjective relativism was likewise realized. But... Continue Reading
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