When is it time to get out of California? I just paid over four dollars a gallon for gas. Taxes are out of control. The roadways are falling apart and. . . Continue reading
Arise Jonah and Go to California, That Wretched State!
AGR Live Archive
Right and Wrong Reasons for Leaving Your Local Church
In recent years, I have noticed the growing trend of people who leave their local church without any reflection as to whether their departure is a sinful one. To be. . . Continue reading
God’s Grace for the Depressed and Suicidal
Fluoxetine. Paxil. Celexa. Wellbutrin. Zoloft. If those words are familiar to you, this article may be for you. Even if those words aren’t familiar right now, someday they may be. . . . Continue reading
What Reformed Churches Can Learn from Mark Driscoll
I’ve been listening with great interest to the new series at Christianity Today, “The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill.” At the pinnacle of Mark Driscoll’s success, I was pastoring. . . Continue reading
Why Qualifications for Church Leaders Matter
The series over at Christianity Today, “The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill” has been enlightening. Exposure of pastoral abuse has become all too common in our day. One of. . . Continue reading
We Distinguish: Broader/Narrower
It was March of 2001 and I was a newly ordained missionary serving in the First Nations community of Fort Babine, British Columbia. My sending church, the Smithers Canadian Reformed. . . Continue reading
Confessions and Piety
As a pastor, I am frequently asked about the best resources available for growth in the Christian faith. We live in a time when there is no shortage of devotional. . . Continue reading
Doddridge on Fake Preaching
As the Southern Baptist Convention has been rocked with controversy over plagiarism, it’s easy to think that the extent of the problem is merely repeating someone else’s words. There is. . . Continue reading
Friedrich Schleiermacher, the PCA, and Side B Christianity
The struggle in the PCA over confessional identity is a microcosm of the macrocosm. The current discussions reveal that the PCA is on track to be another denominational domino to. . . Continue reading
Making Prayer a Priority
Christians have the great privilege of coming boldly before the throne of grace and talking with God. This communion between us and God is called prayer. That believers have the. . . Continue reading