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Pursuing any vocation costs something. To be a lawyer or physician, you invest years in school to learn the trade. Being a parent costs continually setting yourself aside for what someone else needs from you. Being a spouse costs giving up flexibility . . . Continue reading →
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From June 16–19, 2026, delegates from all over the country gathered at Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, Indiana, for the 194th Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America (RPCNA). There are many great things to report and there were many . . . Continue reading →
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This year, at assemblies and synods across the country, we are hearing a similar concern: There is a shortage of pastors. Churches need men. Presbyteries need men. Mission works need men. Pulpits are opening, congregations are waiting, and the question keeps coming . . . Continue reading →
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These were the top five posts for the week of June 15–21, 2026. Continue reading →
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At Synod Calgary, held June 8–11 by the United Reformed Churches in North America (URCNA),1 as delegates debated whether or how to adopt a statement that had been adopted by several other sister churches, one pastor rose to say that three families . . . Continue reading →
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These were the top five posts for the week of June 8–14, 2026. Continue reading →
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One of the many blessings of being a pastor or elder in the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church is that you almost always know where the General Synod is going to be held, because since 1949, all but three of the ARP’s General . . . Continue reading →
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The 92nd General Assembly of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church met at Geneva College from June 3–9, 2026. Geneva College, founded in 1848 and governed by the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America—a sister NAPARC church—is a private Christian liberal arts college located . . . Continue reading →
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When you think of your house, what is the first part that comes to mind? You probably envision the things you can more readily see. You think about the siding and how pretty your home looks from the outside. Or you think . . . Continue reading →
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At the end of the first part of this article, it appeared that the continuation of the seed of the woman God promised in Genesis 3:15 beyond Judah’s generation was at risk. Two of Judah’s three sons—Tamar’s husband, Er, and her brother-in-law . . . Continue reading →
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The book of Genesis is the book of beginnings. It recounts God’s inspired and authoritative record of the very good beginning of the heavens, earth, plants, creatures, Sabbath, and man as male and female; it also provides the miserable events of Satan’s . . . Continue reading →
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These were the top five posts for the week of June 1–7, 2026. Continue reading →
Video
Political philosopher Kevin Vallier joins Michael Horton to assess the case for and against Catholic integralism, Christian nationalism, and the postliberal challenge to a classical liberal political order. Continue reading →
Book Review
“Do little things with great love.” That statement has stuck with me ever since I heard it some years ago. Life is mostly made up of small choices and seemingly insignificant happenings. Although there is nothing wrong with pursuing and achieving big . . . Continue reading →
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Justice is roughly equivalent to the lex talionis principle. It is why we see it arise within the theocracy of Israel under the law. The “eye for an eye” principle is what we might call, along with the Westminster Confession of Faith, . . . Continue reading →
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The matter of the death penalty in this country is highly debated. This was not always the case. Roman Catholicism opposes the death penalty, and with the increase of Roman Catholic immigration to the United States, capital punishment for capital crimes is no longer simply assumed. Roman Catholic opposition to the death penalty was not always the case. After all, Rome used to execute people for teaching or writing heresy. Continue reading →
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You have heard that it was said, “You shall not commit adultery.” But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body go into hell. (Matt (5:27–30) Jesus’s words in Matthew 5:27–30 confront us with an unsettling clarity. They are difficult not only because they speak so directly about sex and lust but because they expose realities that are . . . Continue reading →
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These were the top five posts for the week of May 25–31, 2026. Continue reading →
Heidelcast
In this episode of the Heidelcast, the Superfriends discuss, “What Exactly Was Adam and Eve’s Sin?” Continue reading →
Book Review
It’s all about politics. This statement is a generalization, but it is not an incorrect description of the United States cultural scene. Everything in our culture is politicized, from fast-food joints to wedding cakes to running shoes. I cannot even avoid politics . . . Continue reading →
