I am a pastor and view the calling of being a “physician of souls” very highly. We must not, however, allow a high view of the ministry to lead us to denigrate the physical and material needs of people. In the words of Richard Baxter, Do as much good as
Continue readingRevisiting Girolamo Zanchi and his The Spiritual Marriage Between Christ and His Church he unpacks the duties of husbands and wives and emphasizes the demand of submission for the wife. The spiritual side of submission is expounded with regard to faith and repentance in the following paragraphs. With regard to the submission
Continue readingA perennial challenge in the life of the member of the covenant congregation is the call to confess the faith, join full membership in the congregation and have the “church-right” to the Lord’s Supper. The challenge is, what is being confessed – saving faith in Christ or the truths of
Continue readingA French-reformed Pastor of the 19th century, Adolphe Monod, asked the question, “How are we to deliver the church from its inward languor [tiredness or inertia] and outward inactivity?” A question that could fit well with the current trend of what has come to be known as “church revitalization.” He
Continue readingSadly in our days, in the church and outside of it, faith has become this weak, personal thing – held uncertainly and not really worth setting forth. This ought not to be the faith of the Gospel, the Christian faith, the faith that feeds upon the truth as it is
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