Gairney Bridge

I know folks are probably tired of hearing about my Christian junk mail, but this stuff keeps turning up in my box. Take the latest gem which arrived on Friday. The envelope looked professional and legit; I opened the letter inside to find these words:
From the desk of : Prophetess Deborah Flint
To: Ministers of the […]

Well, the pastoral ministry is nothing if not interesting. Take yesterday (Wednesday) for instance. I arrived at church to find the following in the lot behind the church building.

Yep, that’s a great big mound of mulch. And no one can figure out why it’s there. The church down the road has the same name as […]

This sermon was preached at Midlane Park Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church on August 24, 2008.

If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater; for the testimony of God is this, that He has testified concerning His Son. The one who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself; […]

The following sermon was preached at Midlane Park ARP Church on August 17, 2008.

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love. By this the love of God […]

I’ve already written a summary of the events of the 2008 General Synod of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, but I just discovered that over at Reformation 21, Dr. Bill Evans (a Bible/religion professor at Erskine College) has also written a short article of the proceedings. Those interested in recent discussions on this blog (such […]

Here’s an interesting take on Church History. Brother Martin, you never looked so good. Enjoy!

The most recent issue of ARPTalk has now been posted online. You can access it directly by clicking here.
In one sense, I’m just the messenger here (although I do plan on contributing one article in a future issue, dealing with the utter disparity between the Westminster Confession of Faith and the Confession of 1967 on […]

This sermon was preached on August 10, 2008 at Midlane Park Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church.
We will know by this that we are of the truth, and will assure our heart before Him in whatever our heart condemns us; for God is greater than our heart and knows all things. Beloved, if our heart does not […]

John Hawkins over at Townhall.com has a clever list (with apologies to Jeff Foxworthy) of reasons why a person might be a liberal. Here are some of the better ones (imho):

You’re sure the Constitution explicitly guarantees the right to abortion and gay marriage, but not the right to own a handgun.
You think Dan Quayle is […]

I’ve been (slowly) reading through Jay Adam’s short new booklet Preaching That Persuades. In chapter six, he deals with the topic of “Conviction” in preaching (citing 2 Timothy 4:1-2).
Adams has a few interesting things to say about the subject. First, he deals with a correct definition and understanding of the term:
The term means to so […]