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Good Assistant Pastors are hard to find. In fact, I think they may be more difficult to find than good Senior Pastors. A good Assistant Pastor must be marked…

When Christians assemble for worship on the Lord’s Day they participate in what is by far the most meaningful and consequential activity in the body of Christ. Worship is…

As we approach the five hundredth anniversary of the Reformation’s beginnings, we remember names like Martin Luther, John Calvin, Thomas Cranmer, and John Knox. We remember confessional statements like…

Reformation 500 Why We Celebrate the Protestant Reformation…

In the sixteenth century, Roman Catholic Europe had distinct roles for women—like mother, nun, and queen. But these roles (as they were defined then) were often far from biblical:…

There is a mysterious power hidden in the Word of God, like a great oak is hidden in a small acorn, or bushels of apples hidden in a tiny…

“Even before the institution of the ceremonial economy, while the covenanted people of God were yet in bondage in Egypt, we find that they had their elders, that is,…

Familiarity. Preachers and psychologists warn us about it, spouses fall prey to its tantalizing trap, and children get blindly sucked into its vortex of ingratitude. So sweet and so…

My children have always enjoyed riddles. Whenever they learn a new one, they inevitably try it out on me. I guess and guess but rarely have the right answer.…

Both teaching and ruling elders in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA)—and other similarly ordered churches—have a great responsibility. James tells us, “Let not many of you become teachers, my brethren, knowing…