Thursday, November 21, 2024

‘Articles’

Your Face, O Lord, I Will Seek

Thursday, April 16, 2020 21:04

. . By the Rev. James M. Hakim, Pastor of Hopewell Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church in Culleoka, Tennessee   We ought to tremble In this time when many are alarmed at earthly things that are happening, we ought to tremble with dread at a ...

Conundrum or Conquest

Sunday, February 2, 2020 19:56

. . The truth concerning the Christian life is that either sin will keep us from God’s Word, or God’s Word will keep us from sin. There is no middle ground in the matter. The apostle John tells us that if we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, ...

Why God Cannot Fail Us: Underscoring the Impossibility of Divine Failure

Tuesday, September 10, 2019 22:55

. . “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from the words of my groaning?” Psalm 22:1 It is impossible for fallen mortal humans to grasp the implications of the cross without ...

Revisiting the Family Context of the Gospel Covenant

Sunday, July 21, 2019 15:51

. . By David Brand   And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham. Luke 19:9 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all who are ...

A City Without Walls

Tuesday, January 1, 2019 21:04

. . By David Brand . . . remember that formerly you who are Gentiles by birth and called “uncircumcised” by those who call themselves “the circumcision” (that done in the body by the hands of men)– remember that at that time you were separate from ...

The One Thing God Cannot Do

Sunday, November 4, 2018 20:31

. . By David Brand “If we are faithless, He remains faithful; for he cannot deny Himself.” 2 Timothy 2:13 It was the summer of 1954.  A young boy had just arrived at a Presbyterian junior high camp.  Almost immediately a pastor challenged him with a question: ...

An Appeal to Acknowledge the Essential “Oneness” (i.e. unity) of the Church Universal, Consisting of Many Congregations Under One Head, the Lord Jesus Christ

Wednesday, October 3, 2018 21:44

. .   By David C. Brand   I. Baptism is most essentially a sovereign, supernatural, sacred seal, outpouring, or spiritual cleansing transcending male-female gender, age, and racial distinctions–a work of the Holy Spirit which the church simply acknowledges and ...

A Phantom Presbyterian Denomination

Wednesday, October 3, 2018 10:52

by the Rev. Doug Douma Among the presbyterian denominations listed on wikipedia's “List of Presbyterian and Reformed denominations in North America” is one called the Evangelical Assembly of Presbyterian Churches in America (EAPCA). To the best of my knowledge this group does not exist. On the wikipedia page for the EAPCA there ...

Death of Death and Hell’s Destruction

Thursday, May 31, 2018 22:34

. . “If there is no resurrection from the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.  And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith.  More than that, we are found to be false witnesses about ...

The Foundation of the Christian Family

Sunday, May 13, 2018 20:04

. . By the Rev. Dr. Joe Renfro Psalm 127; 1 says that “Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it.”   This psalm has been called “God’s family portrait.”  The text suggests that the Lord is the architect, the designer, the creator, and founder ...