So many books and sermons have been devoted to the subject of prayer that I would not have the audacity to think that I could add something or say something new. But prayer is what sets the Christian apart from the world, and the more this world is darkening, the more we stand out as […]

What psalm would you describe as the central psalm in the Book of Psalms? Perhaps you would pick your favorite psalm; perhaps, there is a psalm that seems to sum up the message of the Book of Psalms to you; perhaps you’ve never really thought about this question before. Spend some time reading and meditating […]

Ours is a culture of discontent. We want what we do not have. If it’s hot, we long for cool weather. If we are short, we envy the tall. We complain of our academic abilities, paycheck, children’s behavior, house, gender. It seems that no matter the situation, we are discontent. This is a far cry […]

What does it mean to worship God in spirit and truth? To worship God in spirit and in truth is to glorify him in the public assembly of his people with biblical simplicity, true knowledge of God, and inner engagement of the heart by faith and repentance. All of these elements appear in the context […]

How do you respond to a Christian man who is in his twenties and says he doesn’t really want to get married? What if he says he’s unsure of marriage? Similarly, what if there’s a young Christian woman you know who has serious reservations about marriage? These types of questions aren’t always easy to answer. […]

Many if not most Reformed Christians have heard of the Genevan Psalter. The Trinity Psalter Hymnal used in worship in multiple Reformed denominations contains several psalm settings from the Genevan Psalter, as have the successive Psalter Hymnals of the Christian Reformed Church. Genevan tunes comprise the complete psalm section of the Canadian Reformed Churches’ Book […]

The idea of a psalter hymnal is something we often take for granted. But why have the Christian Reformed Church and the United Reformed Churches in North America (URCNA) insisted on calling their books of liturgical praise “Psalter Hymnals” for almost a century? There are plenty of modern psalters available, like the Reformed Presbyterian Church […]

Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. (Phil. 3:13–14, KJV)    Our lives slip by so […]

Introduction I am submitting two articles with the humble hope that they might serve profitably in instructing, reminding, and encouraging present and future office bearers to engage faithfully in their respective duties as office bearers to the glory of God and the good of the church. The design is a simple overview of the idea […]

But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, […]