Analog Sanctification
Putting off the old self is less like digital deletion and more like an older technology....
Keep ReadingOccasional thoughts from Rob and Randy's (metaphorical) desks.
Preferring the Word
How can we receive the word "with love" if we're just not feeling that way?...
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Assuming Truth
When listening to the Word of God, we need to set aside our skepticism and criticism and receive it from a standpoint of faith....
Help Me, Please!
We may think we know how to read and hear what the Bible says, but the Bible tells us something different....
Are You Ready to Hear?
We don't need to be ready to hear. Sounds happen and we hear them, right? But in order to hear God's Word in an effective way, we have to prepare ourselves to hear it....
Working Hard at Hearing
Hearing Scripture can be easy, but the kind of hearing that makes a difference actually requires effort....
Hearing Rightly
The Word of God is powerful, but God has given us responsibility to hear it in a way that puts that power to work....
Putting the "P" in TCPC
Presbyterian isn't just something we have in our name. It's something we put into practice, including sending one of our pastors to a national gathering of PCA elders....
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The Problem with Preaching the Gospel to Yourself
Preaching the gospel to ourselves is a great practice to help us think and live rightly. But there's a problem with it......
What Good is a New Year?
Calling January 1st the start of a "new" year doesn't change anything about us or the year itself. And maybe that's a very good thing....
Keep ReadingBefore There Was Christmas
The Christmas story is only half a story if we leave out what Jesus was doing before he was born....
Keep ReadingAn Unusual Christmas Theme
We often see words like "Joy" "Peace" and "Blessing" and Christmastime, but there is one word we do not often associate with the season. And yet it is a very fitting word....
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Something Better than Vegetables (Finding Comfort in Providence, Part 3)
God is loving, but in a way that doesn't always match our demands and expectations. ...
Keep ReadingYou Do All Things Well (Finding Comfort in Providence, Part 2)
The greatest obstacle to trusting God's wisdom is that we fail to grasp how different God's thoughts are from our own....
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For the Want of a Nail (Finding Comfort in Providence, Part 1)
If we believe that God is on control of the big things, we have to believe he is in total control of all the small things, too....
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Even Christians Sing the Blues
Is sadness a sign of immaturity? Can I worship honestly if I'm not happy? Reading the Psalms might suggest that honest worship embraces the whole spectrum of our emotions. ...
Keep ReadingThe Problem of Adjectives Becoming Nouns
Scripture tells us to "regard no one according to the flesh." How does this affect the labels our society encourages us to use?...
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