Literary

The Boy, the Tree, and God Rev. Donald Wehmeyer The boy sat next to a tree. He said, “God, my teacher told me I should talk to you sitting by a tree. My teacher said, maybe you would talk to me when I sat here.” The tree swayed in the wind. The boy felt as if someone had asked, “Can you...

Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. Luke 17:3 In the Bible, God instructs Christian people to grow in faithfulness to Him and serve one another in love. Part of this Christian conduct is to forgive those who sin against you...

And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. Matthew 16:18 The influence of the church on society today is considerably less than in days past. Alas, modern British culture and society have very...

Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. Hebrews 7: 25 Many times, we hear that salvation is free. Is this a true statement? Is salvation really free? Salvation is free for the sinner in terms that we...

Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. Matthew 5:12 There is great hope and joy in the text. Jesus says great is your reward in Heaven. There is a reward stored up for us in glory for our faithfulness and...

“And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it. ” Luke 9:23-24 We read in the passage from St. Luke...

This was originally posted on my site. I would rather put this under the general title "The Christian Walk". "The profession of our faith is made by deed. A man that cannot speak may make a profession of his faith. He cannot make it by words, but he may make it otherwise; I acknowledge not so...

By Matthew Winzer Originally published in Credo Quarterly, March 2002. Republished first on PB here. (See handling of the topic of the regulative principle of worship in Westminster and Worship Examined) Preface The Psalter-the Only Hymnal? is the title of a booklet written by Iain Murray and...