Discernment
As I spoke to this woman who was a new Christian, she kept pressing me “Carl, I hear you talking about maturity often. How can I become mature ?” We talked abou...
Month: July 2015
Rosaria Butterfield on Adoption
If you haven’t read the amazing story of Rosaria Butterfield, it’s hard to recommend many books more for validation of the work of the Holy Spirit. ...
Counseling and the Westminster Confession of Faith – 1.4
Paragraph 4 of the Westminster Confession of Faith chapter one reads: The authority of the Holy Scripture, for which it ought to be believed, and obeyed, depend...
The Role of Prayer Meetings in the Life of WRPC
We have four prayer meetings per week at WRPC, so that everyone can find a convenient time to gather with fellow believers for concerted prayer. We often say th...
The Right Way to Discipline Your Child
A frequent question I’m asked by younger parents is, “What is discipline actually supposed to look like?” If we didn’t have a good example in our ow...
The Martyrdom of Richard Cameron
Both our sons were named for martyrs for the Reformed Faith. Our middle son is “James Cameron” after the great Richard Cameron. This week marks the 335th annive...
Law and Nature
In light of the recent Obergefell decision in which the Supreme (sic) Court attempted to redefine marriage, I was reminded of a quote by Dorothy Sayers. The quo...
The Lord’s Supper
The Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper is worth 919 pages of study… This Sunday evening (July 12) we will delight in the Lord’s Supper at the clos...
Forgiveness in Marriage (or anywhere else)
First off, I’m not fighting with my wife (Insert “smile” emoticon here). I was however looking through old notes and came across this t...
Who or What Do You Identify As?
I was mulling over the Bruce Jenner situation – you know, the decathlete who now ‘identifies as a woman’ – and the Rachel A. Dolezal story, the white woman who ...