Which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good…
Mission to North America (MNA) is pleased to announce that Dr. Murray Lee has been appointed to the new role of MNA Executive Coordinator, with Teaching Elder (TE) Fred Marsh taking the new role of Interim Development Director. Marsh has served as Associate Coordinator since 2004. Lee currently serves as the MNA permanent committee chairman…
I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment. (John 16:7-8)…
We all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit. (1 Cor. 3:18) French mathematical genius, Blaise Pascal, spent years running from God—like so many people today. Then, Pascal encountered…
Your pastor is going to leave. Maybe not this year, but he is leaving someday. PCA Yearbook data (2019 edition) shows that 75.3% of reporting PCA pastors have served in more than one church. Among the 1,587 pastors with more than 15 years of ministry experience, 71% (1,127) have served in three positions, while 51.8%…
Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands. (Eph. 5:22) Today,…
We have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so…
Before I became a pastor, I could not say I was estranged from a single soul. Almost 20 years in, the list is longer than I would have ever thought bearable. It includes some of my most intimate former friends and ministry partners: people whose names are etched on major milestones in my life, and…
Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. (Prov. 22:6) The apostles and prophets tell us that God is our Father, encouraging us to use his divine parenting as the model for our own. Sadly, in light of that perfect model, Christian…
He has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?” (Heb. 13:5-6) In a primitive tradition, tribal people throw ashes at the moon, and beg their god to leave them alone. The practice may…