* An interview with GRN Executive Coordinator, Dr. Jon D. Payne about the GRN National Conference at Saint Andrews PCA in Sanford, Florida; May 7-8th, 2025. Wilson Van Hooser…
Dear Pastor: I’m becoming more and more frustrated in my pursuit of holiness. It seems as if the more I want to follow Christ the more I see the…
The Origin of Thanksgiving In 1863, as the country was engulfed in the flames of Civil War, Abraham Lincoln called all Americans to observe, “a day of thanksgiving and…
Charles Simeon (1759-1836), the eminent British preacher from Cambridge, advised his students in homiletics “to give every text its just meaning, its natural bearing, and its legitimate use…to ascertain…
Introduction Concepts of representation and visibility often come up in social and political discussions about equity, inclusion, fairness, or justice. These concepts can be wrongly or unwisely imported into…
The latest buzzword in ministry circles is “health.” Books abound with discussions of cultivating good exercise habits, cultivating a good work/life habits, cultivating good rest habits. However, as important…
Introduction As October 31 approaches, it seems the whole world is carving pumpkins, dressing up, and gearing up for large amounts of candy. But for the church, this date…
How can we discern if a church is healthy? Do we measure a church’s health by the attendance, the state of the finances, the number of conversions, or how…
The doctrine of sanctification never ceases to be a topic of serious discussion among the Reformed. This is certainly the case in the Presbyterian Church in America. Rightly so.…
Introduction Three miles North on Main Street from where I am writing sits the campus of a well-known Christian college founded within the Restoration (or Stone-Campbell) movement. This movement,…