The Beauty of HOA
Depending on where you live, you may not be affected by HOA (i.e., Home Owner’s Association). There are typically two items involved in HOA. You are responsible to pay annual fees and you are entitled to attend HOA meetings. I,…
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Very Presbyterian problems
If you have wandered around at all online you have probably seen one of those silly articles that purport to offer a string of very British problems, most of them variations on the joke about two British people marooned on…
“Every precious blessing”
6 5. 6 5 (North Coates) Every precious blessingComes from God above;Everything we have isFrom his heart of love. Jesus is the best gift,Coming down to save:Dying for his people,Rising from the grave. Gracious Spirit, give usHearts to trust the…
Out of the mouth of babes
Mark’s post about how Christian parents deal with their children raises some interesting questions to which I may, in due course, offer some answers. In the meantime, I will provide a hymn that I wrote primarily with our children and…
Daddy, am I really forgiven?
If you are a Christian parent with young children, do you consider your children to be Christians? There were some lively debates at the Westminster Assembly. One took place over the precise meaning of 1 Corinthians 7:14, where children are…
One Way for Pastors to Meet People: Mobilize Your Study
As a pastor, it is somewhat easy to remain locked away in your study preparing sermons, as well as praying, counseling, writing blogs, and sending emails. And what about home and hospital visitations, funerals, weddings, and spending time with your…
Logos 5: the base packages
Last week we began to look at the Logos 5 platform, assessing something of the underlying provision. Today we move on to the base packages. These come at a range of levels, the most popular likely to be Gold, Silver…
A plea to come forward
One of the perennial problems in all churches is that of chairs. When I candidated at the church where I serve I remember being asked on numerous occasions what I thought about the directions of the chairs – should they…
Treading Through the Tenets: Of Metaphysics and Marriage
Tenet 6: Those who are and remain in Adam suppress the truth that they know. Those who are in Christ, see that truth for what it is. This month we look at the man-ward side of God’s natural revelation, which…