gratitude The Importance of Giving Thanks November 29, 2017 This post is not a week late. Most of our readers in the United States celebrated Thanksgiving last week and are perhaps all turkey-ed out and ready to move on to another holiday
Elder Visitation 3GT Episode 61: When Elders Come Knocking November 28, 2017 Aaron wants to know about the strange Reformed phenomenon known as elder visitations. So Kyle and Barry, aspiring Jedis, tell him about their training under the Yoda of visitation, who is hidden far
Onboard with a Transgender Flight Attendant November 27, 2017 This past summer I flew a number of times. On one international flight, as I boarded I was met by a friendly, female flight attendant. As I passed by her to go to
How Much Do You Love Your Local Church? November 27, 2017 [http://gentlereformation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Church.jpg]A Painful Question Are you cold, indifferent, angry, frustrated, intolerant, castigating or hostile towards your local church? Or are you warm, concerned, involved, sympathetic,
Conversations with a snowflake November 25, 2017 The world outside my window lay blanketed in dazzling white. I stepped outside and drank deeply from the cold fresh air. "Good morning, Mistress Snowflake," I greeted the freshly fallen flakes.
Thanksgiving Incense November 23, 2017 I sit alone by crackling fire. Quiet prayers of gratitude ascend. Spirit-fired sparks shoot upward. We embraced a long-lost son this week. He tells us he was blind and dead. He now sees!
Anniversary What C.S. Lewis Taught Me November 22, 2017 On November 22, 1963 the death of C.S. Lewis was eclipsed by the tragic assassination of John F. Kennedy. However, fifty-four years after his death Lewis remains in the mind of many
Proverbial Sayings in the Law: Sow One Seed in Your Vineyard November 20, 2017 When one considers the law section of the Bible known as the Pentateuch - the first five books of the Bible - it is easy to think of them simply as codes and
The Double Groan of the Gospel November 18, 2017 Introduction It would be ridiculous to deny that Christian are drenched with countless blessing both material and spiritual. Yet it would not be overstating the case to recognize that every Christian personally, and
What's wrong with the Occult? November 17, 2017 I'm giving a talk this evening to some of the young people of our Presbytery about the Occult, so I thought I'd kill two birds with one stone today.
Browse Worthy: Shots in the Arm November 16, 2017 So often the news and even blogosphere can be depressing to read, from the latest political scandal to the next ecclesiastical controversy. Though living in this sin-drenched world means we have to deal
ministry Sanctifying a Slight Suffering November 15, 2017 I'm in my easy chair, where I've spent most of the past five days with a run of vertigo, likely due to a bug. Because this dizziness is mostly
