Help Us with Our Adoption
My wife wrote the following on our Facebook page: WE ARE ADOPTING!!! We are thrilled to announce that, Lord willing, we will be opening our home and… Read more "Help Us with Our Adoption"
View ArticleA Review of “The Meaning of the Holy Qur’an”
The following is a review of an English translation of the Qur’an.[1] My purpose in reading it was twofold: 1) to provide myself (and potentially other Christians)… Read more "A Review of “The Meaning...
View ArticleFreed to Obey
In his sermon on John 8:36, John Flavel distinguishes between the freedom that Christ gives in redemption (spiritual liberty) and the freedom that Christ does not grant… Read more "Freed to Obey"
View ArticleA Modest Reply to a Brother’s Challenges to the Practice of Headcoverings in...
The following is a reply to some challenges someone inserted in a Facebook discussion that was elicited by a posting about headcoverings in worship.[1] His questions are… Read more "A Modest Reply to a...
View ArticleHeavenly Communications in the Body of Christ
In his sermon on 1 Peter 3:18, John Flavel presents several “deductions of truth” from the doctrine of adoption. All of are worthy of contemplation but it… Read more "Heavenly Communications in the...
View ArticleExperience of the Scriptures
“sanctification gives the soul experience of those mysterious things which are contained in the scriptures, and that experience is the most excellent key to unlock and open… Read more "Experience of...
View ArticleTen Prayers for the Magistrate
“For every look at self – take ten looks at Christ.” Robert Murray McCheyne (1813-1843) The quotation above has nothing to do with the subject matter of… Read more "Ten Prayers for the Magistrate"
View ArticleManliness Is Next to Godliness
What makes a man? Or what does a man do to commend himself as a man? Various answers could be given: 1) he defends his family 2)… Read more "Manliness Is Next to Godliness"
View ArticleJohn Calvin on Wrestling with Ourselves
“The first verse [ed. Psalm 22:1] contains two remarkable sentences, which, although apparently contrary to each other, are yet ever entering into the minds of the godly… Read more "John Calvin on...
View ArticleThe (Royal) Proverbs 31 Woman
Not that long ago, I commented on how another passage of scripture is misunderstood and overemphasised. I would like to demonstrate the same with Proverbs 31:10-31. The… Read more "The (Royal) Proverbs...
View ArticleMany Fiddlers, Few Flourishers to Our MisFortune
In his essay “Of the True Greatness of Kingdoms and Estates,” Francis Bacon explores the question of how leaders help a nation to its greatness or harm it to its destruction. Though he lived in...
View ArticleWhy Men Should Not Cover Their Heads in Public Worship or The Glory of God...
Years ago I was present at a conference being held in a local church. No Psalms were sung and our time together was not opened with a call to worship or closed with a benediction. Clearly the format...
View ArticleSabbath Insights from the Non-Christian
As we share a significant portion of the biblical canon, it is helpful for Christians to read in the Jewish tradition to gain insights into the text of scripture. Though not written for Christians,...
View ArticleWhere Two or Three Are Gathered (for Judgment)
Being a member of a small church presently as well as in the past, I have (and do) often heard allusions to or quotations of Matthew 18:20 about the two or three witnesses. The phrase if often, if not...
View ArticleIn the Words of Ezra: Matthew Henry on Sin, Confession & Repentance
“Speaking of sin, (1.) He speaks as one much ashamed. With this he begins (vs. 6), O my God! I am ashamed and blush, O my God! (so the words are placed) to lift up my face unto thee. Note, [1.] Sin is...
View ArticleIndulgent to the Body, Neglectful of the Soul, Death to Both
“Does the soul out-live the body, and abide for ever? Then it is a great evil and folly to be excessively careful: for the mortal body, and neglective of the mortal inhabitant. In a too much indulged...
View ArticlePractical Reasons to Maintain Establishmentarianism in a Time of...
If something is true but not practical, is it really true? In other words, certain ideas may sound right and attractive and yet, when it comes to everyday life, if we do not have any hope of them being...
View ArticleThe (Tarnished) Golden Rule
This post is similar to others that I have written in the past about scriptural misinterpretation, but with an additional emphasis. This scripture is not only being misunderstood but mis or disordered....
View ArticleHow to Have an Easy Passage to Heaven
“the things which usually make an easy passage to heaven are, 1. A pardon cleared, Isa. xxxiii. 24. The sense of pardon swallows up the sense of pain. 2. A heart weaned from this world, Heb. xi. 9, 13,...
View ArticleResponse to a Response, or Why I Believe the Teaching of “The Full Rights of...
In late 2014 I began a dialogue with Kathryn Stegall who was, at that time, a member of a RPCNA (Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America) congregation. The reason for this dialogue was that I was...
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