Many children might prefer not to attend such events. Many adults feel the same way. But maturity means learning to fulfill our duties toward others even when it costs us time, comfort, or convenience. This is one of the great lessons our modern world desperately lacks. We are constantly told to organize life around personal... Continue Reading

The attached liturgy is the fruit of my labors. It includes, in italics, theological remarks designed to justify the changes I have made in the original. It also includes the liturgy itself, amended and emended to reflect the Reformed theology that I believe is the pulsing heart our Protestant faith.       INTRODUCTION In August of... Continue Reading

These days can pass miserable and empty. We need satisfaction; we need it early, and we find it, if we find it, in his steadfast love. No matter what our days contain, if they are contained within his love, we can be glad all our days. So many turn their vessel toward what they think... Continue Reading

When things get hard, as they certainly will and do, it’s completely normal for us to look left and right before we look up. But even looking up doesn’t ensure that we’re looking at the right things to help us. The psalmist here is the perfect example. The road to the Holy City has become... Continue Reading

This is the covenant name, the personal name. It was as YHWH that God promised Abraham the Land. And now it is YHWH who will fulfill that promise. Moses can’t possibly have missed that connection, either at the time or (perhaps) decades later when he wrote the Torah. After identification comes the call to mission.... Continue Reading

Though God is plainly visible through what he has made, and though he has made himself clearly available to us in Scripture, men seek after that which is foolish and even unnatural, and in return, they end up in utter ruin. More than this, they ask others to join in their foolishness. They try to... Continue Reading

It didn’t take long to realize that I had the ability to achieve most of what I set out to achieve. Being raised by a dad who had overcome much hardship and exhibited uncompromising strength encouraged me to be a woman of determination and confidence. If I ever told my dad of some grandiose plan,... Continue Reading

 The Bible is the sword of the Spirit, and there is immense power in it. The most loving thing we can do for anyone else is read the Bible with them and help them understand the message from God in it. And the way we continue to grow in the faith is through staying in... Continue Reading

In the Old Testament, the sons of God (believers) were mainly from the nation of Israel, which God selected from all the nations to be His chosen people (Deuteronomy 7:6).  However, the Old Testament prophesied of a time when Gentiles would also be adopted as sons of God.  Hosea 1:10 states, “Yet the number of... Continue Reading