What if you were prevented from praying or physically couldn’t pray? I had a few interesting months when I was prevented from praying and, during this time, I felt…
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Five Reasons to Practice Expository Preaching
by Richard Phillips May 29, 2020I’ve been encouraged recently by many pastors’ commitment to the expository preaching of God’s Word. By “expository preaching,” we really mean two things. First, and most important, a Bible…
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By now, it is likely that we’ve all been exposed to and become experienced in virtual worship. What have we learned from this? Among the many lessons, I have…
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How Long, O LORD?
COVID, Calvin, and Our Need for the Psalmsby Timothy Gwin May 7, 2020How long, O LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? How long must I take counsel in my soul and have…
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After COVID
A Portrait of Sincere Revival of Christ's Churchby David Strain May 2, 2020On the first Sunday after regular services resumed at the Third Presbyterian Church, Pastor Jones noticed an unusual joy and earnestness in both his own preaching and prayers, and…
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“I preached as never sure to preach again, and as a dying man to dying men.” — Richard Baxter, The Reformed Pastor As preachers, we are subject to the…
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The Portrait of a Pastor
The Priorities of Pastoral Ministryby Doug Griffith March 9, 2020Being raised in a non-Christian home, I didn’t have a healthy model of a biblical pastor or church. I began ministry nearly 40 years ago and, while I had…
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A Confessional Approach to Preaching
The Larger Catechism's Instruction for PCA Pastors and Congregantsby Jon Payne November 9, 2019The preaching of God’s Word is the pulse-beat of our confessional heritage. It’s the Reformed church’s highest priority. Christians need faithful preaching. The Presbyterian Church in America needs faithful…
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Music as Idolatry
Regulating Worship for Weight and Majestyby Douglas Bond November 8, 2019Everyone has a regulative principle of worship. Everyone regulates what they do in worship either by the past, the pragmatic, by personal preference, or by the unprohibited. Sola Scriptura,…