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Why Being in a Denomination Like the PCA is a Good Thing

We are agreed in our commitment to the fixed orthodoxy of the Westminster Standards; we should be able to allow flexibility in our methodology as we seek to propagate Christianity.

Management by Prayer

Because our deepest management need is the power and wisdom of the Spirit, our first step is always to pray.
prayer

Management and the Spirit’s work aren’t opposed to one another. The Spirit helps us manage better. You just don’t want managing to be in the driver’s seat.

Renewal Through Gospel Centered Forgiveness

Tim Keller’s latest book offers a comprehensive framework for grasping all that forgiveness entails
Forgiveness

Illustrations by Keith Negley “To err is human,” poet Alexander Pope famously wrote, “to forgive, divine.” Pope’s observation was first published in 1711. If he is correct, we have forgotten our better natures over the last three centuries. Today’s world suffers from a deficit of forgiveness: whether from personal slights or from grave offenses, public discourse…

Slow to Anger

The indiscriminate performance of wrath obscures its purpose and robs it of its power.

The experience of anger is not inherently sinful, but we should seek to limit its shelf life. The longer anger lasts, the more dangerous it becomes.

The Church and Your Neighborhood

If your church closed today, would anyone in the community know the difference?
Church

A fundamental part of being a local church is that it is in fact, local.

The Danger of the Scarcity Gospel

scarcity

We shouldn’t expect God to bring a few sons to glory or some sons to glory. We should expect him to bring many.

The Potential Good in Putting Our Worst Foot Forward

affliction

As a pastor and as a man, my afflictions may end up having greater impact than my preaching or my vision ever will.

The Right Response to Tribalism

tribalism

Tribalism turns a tribe into a center of worship.

Dissecting the Phrase “Follow the Science”

Our theology compels us to value scientific investigation. And to be wary of idolizing its promised power.
Science

It’s helpful if we recognize that our shared beliefs as Christians in the Reformed tradition put all of us on a middle path with regard to “following the science.”

The Good News of Limited Atonement

Limited Atonement

The doctrine of limited atonement — the L in TULIP — teaches that Christ effectively redeems from every people “only those who were chosen from eternity to salvation” (Canons of Dort, II.8). As Ursinus explains in his commentary on the Heidelberg Catechism, Christ’s death was for everyone “as it respects the sufficiency of satisfaction which…

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