Pastoral wisdom is applying the whole counsel of God according to the actual needs of a particular people and place.…some concerns recur again and again because some dangers really are more universal. The Apostles knew how to distinguish between what was pressing here, what was pressing there, and what was pressing everywhere.   A recent... Continue Reading

It is my view that Marxism is a republication of the account in the Garden of Eden.  As such, Marxism is not merely a political philosophy, but a religion that flows from the fall of Adam and Eve in the Garden. We could call it the doctrine of demons.  It should be taught today, especially... Continue Reading

Every Christian should seek to protect their own name as well as that of others. The Westminster Larger Catechism tells us that keeping the ninth commandment requires us to promote the “good name of our neighbor, as well as our own” (Q. 144). Protecting and safeguarding the name of the PCA and its property is... Continue Reading

When our dwelling place is in God, our humble works take their place in the grand project that is called God’s Kingdom, and the Church of Jesus Christ. Whatever you’re doing, do it for him.   September is a time for work. Maybe you had a great summer, but now it is back to class.... Continue Reading

amilies, churches, and Christian schools have the opportunity to cultivate the kind of convictions that can undergird the religious freedom consensus. We must, if the next generation will stand when courage is called for in the future.    Constitution Day is a good time to celebrate one of the greatest blessings of our freedom, which... Continue Reading

If you belong to Him, you have work to do. The very areas of life where you have allowed sin to grow are places where you must now learn to obey your King and pray His Kingdom victory will come as it already is in heaven.   Across New England, which boasts one of the... Continue Reading

Many of those who argue against the doctrines of grace today are not Arminians and do not claim to be. Their position denies the inability that Calvinists and Arminians alike have always confessed, and on that point it conflicts with what the church insisted upon at Orange in 529, that the beginning of faith requires... Continue Reading

We tend to think that the more stuff we have, the more experiences we get, or the more success we have, the happier we will become. But happiness doesn’t work linearly. We often get to one milestone only to have despair crash down upon us again. We worry about everything and nothing; we envy the... Continue Reading

James Hall was the minister of Bethany Church, a well-traveled missionary, a historian and scientist, but that is not all—he was interested in advancing preparatory, college, and seminary education.   James was born August 22, 1744 in York County, Pennsylvania, the third son of his like-named father and judicious mother, Prudence (Roddy) Hall. His parents... Continue Reading