Yes, we should cultivate the habit of prayer and Bible reading, but we should not think that God puts impossible standards upon us as frail, finite creatures.

I’ll miss him as a Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) founding father, as a ministerial example, and as a friend.

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…

Rightly applied, the church’s spirituality is an important part of biblical and Reformed ecclesiology.

One reason for emphasizing these distinctions is to make sure that we are telling the right story when it comes to the kingdom.

The church is always being reformed according to the Word of God.

There are three songs in particular (yes, three, I’m a pastor after all) that have been playing on repeat in my head and heart.

Though it is easy for an outgoing pastor’s thoughts to gravitate toward his legacy, his focus should be squarely on the future.