Death

‘All Unprepared to meet Him’

Mark Johnston
May 16, 2019
The day of Christ’s return will be the day he will ‘judge the living and the dead’. Christians have confessed this in the words of the Apostles’ Creed for centuries; but, as so often is the case, we can rehearse these words without feeling their weight. More than that, it can be all too easy for...

When Our Voices Fail

Rob Looper
Apr 8, 2019
Three weeks ago this past Thursday (March 21), I decided it was probably best, because of my mother's serious health situation, for me to head home to South Carolina after worship on the coming Sunday to be with her. The next day, Friday, I received a text from my brother telling me that things had...

The Apostles' Creed: The Resurrection & the Life

Persis Lorenti
Mar 29, 2019
I did not grow up reciting the Apostles' Creed. In fact, my first exposure was during my freshman year in college when I visited a PCA church. As a “no creed but the Bible” kind of gal, I didn't quite know what to make of it or the reformed order of worship. I ended up going elsewhere. If I had...

The Dying Thoughts of a Godly Man

Joseph Hamrick
Mar 17, 2019
“Words and actions are transient things, and being once past, are nothing; but the effect of them on an immortal soul may be endless.” ― Richard Baxter, Dying Thoughts I came across this little book by Richard Baxter when my fiancée and I, along with some friends, decided to go through the Tim...

What Will They Do When I'm Gone?

Matt Holst
Feb 6, 2019
This morning I was reading a well-written and edifying article about cancer, the sovereignty of God and facing the reality of an uncertain future (humanly speaking). I think most parents have, at some time, gone through this thought process: what will happen to my children if something happens to...

The Consequences of Ideas in New York

Richard D. Phillips
Jan 25, 2019
By now, most Christians in America have seen the images : thunderous applause at the New York State Assembly and a festively decorated World Trade Center spire. And what is the great deliverance celebrated by this applause? The legal freedom to terminate babies until the moment they are born. One...

Hell: How Long?

Joel Wood
Jan 11, 2019
As I headed to the office to write this article, I tuned my radio to NPR, to one of my favorite programs: “1A, with Host Joshua Johnson.” He is an excellent conversational journalist who really knows how to get at the heart of an issue with winsome conversation and grace for folks on all sides of...

Hell Podcast

Jonathan Master
Dec 31, 2018
Hell Podcast We managed to catch Jonathan and James in their offices having a conversation about hell. The topic might not be a very popular one, but—if Scripture addresses it—we should pay attention to it. The Bible uses a few different words referring to hell, describing it as a place of...

Heaven on Earth?: Talking with Our Children about Death

Rachel Miller
Oct 15, 2018
“Is she going to die?” That’s what my boys wanted to know when we told them how sick their Bisabuela [1] was. How do we answer that question and other questions about death that our children ask? Talking about death is uncomfortable, isn’t it? As a culture, we don’t like to think about it. In fact...

Persecution in Turkey – From Polycarp to Fikret Böcek

Simonetta Carr
Jun 14, 2018
If it’s true, as the ancient Tertullian said, that “the blood of martyrs is the seed of the church,” much seed has been sown on Turkish soil, from the 2 nd -century martyrdom of Polycarp to the massacre of Christian Armenians in 1915 (where 1.5 million Armenians lost their lives). And these are...