Peacemaking – How To Deal with Conflicts
One of the better resources in counseling outside of the Scripture and Westminster (see other posts) is the book Peacemaker by Ken Sande. Over time I will be sh...
Month: August 2015
Praying the Scriptures
As today is a day of prayer and fasting called by our Presbytery and Session, we want to encourage you to use the time well. If you haven’t been following...
“A Call for a Day of Fasting and Prayer”
At the summer meeting of Calvary Presbytery, a resolution (see below) was unanimously adopted by all the pastors and elders attending. So, this Wednesday (Augus...
Rejoicing in the Birth of a Grandchild: A Modest Start on a Thousand Generations
The Living God has richly blessed Sandy and I with a 3rd grand-child (following Bray and Jack)…the much anticipated “Emmanuel (Emmie) Ruth Robbins”, born...
Failure to Launch and the Church’s Response
If you missed this past Sunday’s Manly Presbyterian Hour, the topic you missed was “Failure to Launch”. We were considering the cultural phenomenon in which you...
Should We Counsel Unbelievers?
Continuing in our look at the Westminster Standards for counseling we come to paragraph 5 of chapter 1 as follows: WCF 1:5 We may be moved and induced by the te...
It’s the Little Things: Parenting Wisdom from Elisabeth Elliot
When Elisabeth Elliot died in June of this year the church lost a dear, wise treasure. EE was the author of over 20 books (if you’ve never read any of Ell...
Marriage Letter
The following is a post at Relocating to Elfland. It’s from former WRPC intern, Ben Miller who is now a pastor with the OPC in New York and occasionally b...
Yoga and the Christian
More than one person has asked me my thoughts on whether a Christian should practice Yoga. As is often the case, others – more articulate than I – h...