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          In both Presbyterian and evangelical churches, there is a growing interest in the Church Calendar, or what is sometimes called the Church Year. Dr. Hughes Old, a scholar specializing in the area of worship and author of many books and articles on the subject, comments on why we do not…

         I would like you to prayerfully consider the opportunities in coming west to build a life and a church in North Dakota. This is a call to a purposeful migration to Bismarck, North Dakota to work and to help us build an Orthodox Presbyterian Church in this booming city.     …

You have perhaps noticed the decline in personal appearance. It seems that we have come to embrace a kind of in-your-face slovenliness that disrespects everyone we see. One observer of this has written: “This is the first age in which people do not dress to please others, but dress to displease others, to make sure…

          Researchers from Harvard and the University of Utah have reported on their study of dishonest behavior. The interesting conclusion was: “people were 20% to 50% more likely to be dishonest in the afternoon” than in the morning.           This “dishonest behavior” was not necessarily major offenses,…

  I encountered a Muslim man one evening as I taught a Bible study in Fiji. He was an older gentleman with a neatly trimmed beard and was full of questions and ideas about God and truth. He was a kindly and respectful gentleman who had many questions, while being absolutely certain of his own…

(The following quote from J. Gresham Machen echoes Pastor Bruce’s most recent sermon, God Calls Us To Rest.  Pastor Bruce is trying to live out that sermon by taking a rest of his own, so his editor has stepped in to prepare this introductory note.)  Remember this, at least — the things in which the…

  Have you noticed how all of life is a battle with the 2nd law of thermodynamics? To put it in non-scientific terms, everything in life is going downhill.  You probably have noticed this with your car. Whether you buy a new one or a certified used car, before you know it, you are paying…

  The English language is constantly changing over time as you will notice if you read the original 1611, Authorized Version of the Bible. Sometimes the changes are improvements, but often they are for the worse. The destruction of the once useful term “gay” would be a recent example, as is the word “Evangelical” that…

  File this under the title, “The inmates are running the asylum,” as it is feeling more and more like an insane asylum.  The latest outrage comes from California and is so loony that you will find it hard to believe that it is true. Assembly Bill 1266 became effective January 1st and it mandates…

  Voltaire’s biographer summarized his liberal philosophy as “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend your right to say it.”  Some of us are old enough to remember the “free speech” movement on college campuses when college students demanded to be allowed to express their politically incorrect speech. These students have become…