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Evangelism, Apologetics, Islam & Scripture

Mosque Talk or Church Truth?

July 31, 2025

Over the last number of weeks we've been chatting to lots of young people on the streets around our Church - one of the repeated objections that we have come up

Andrew Kerr Andrew Kerr

A Point to Remember as Municipal Elections Approach

July 28, 2025

We vote for presidents, but we also vote for local government officials. It may be tempting to focus entirely on one position, the president, while ignoring key politicians that you can have a

Jonathan L. Shirk Jonathan L. Shirk
Two Ways Psalm 1

The Word or the World!

July 27, 2025

1 Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; 2 but his delight is

Andrew Kerr Andrew Kerr
Evangelilsm. Apologetics. Isaiah's Messiah

Holocaust or Holy One?

July 24, 2025

During recent outreach efforts on the streets of the East Coast, I have been met by a number of Jewish men and women who believe that the suffering servant of Isaiah is the

Andrew Kerr Andrew Kerr
family worship

Our Sin on Him Household Worship guide from Isaiah 53 + Aim of Worship Connected

July 23, 2025

What pastor wouldn’t want his congregation focusing all week long on taking in and living out his preaching because their daily family or household worship is helpfully connected to the weekly corporate worship and is enhancing how they remember and observe the Sabbath?

Ed Blackwood Ed Blackwood

The Outrage Age

July 22, 2025

No denying that everyone around us is in a tizzy, which, fittingly, it seems, just happened to be the Wordle of the day recently. Whether face-to-face at yet the latest protest over something

Barry York Barry York
comfort

Comfort in Unbearable Sorrow

July 22, 2025

There is comfort for those under the raging flood of unbearable sorrow.  This includes all those grieving lost loved ones in the recent floods in Texas, especially the families of the girls at Camp Mystic.

Kit Swartz

What You Need to Know to Live & Die Happily

July 21, 2025

I assume you want to live a happy life. I also assume that when you are taking your last breaths, you want to have a deep sense of joy, peace, and comfort in

Jonathan L. Shirk Jonathan L. Shirk
Muslim Evangelism

Winning Witness?

July 18, 2025

Many years ago, while I was travelling around India, I had the pleasure of spending 10 days vacationing on a houseboat floating on Dal Lake in the disputed territory of Kashmir. After an

Andrew Kerr Andrew Kerr

3GT Episode 337: Covenant Baptism

July 18, 2025

Sometimes, ideas for 3GT episodes are presented to the guys on a plate—or, perhaps, in this case, a font. Kyle is about to go out on a pastoral call to prepare parents

Barry York Barry York
Personal Evangelism

Reaching Outsiders with our Words

July 18, 2025

Our lives will either reinforce or contradict our message—but the message must be communicated in words. In Colossians 4.6, Paul mentions three characteristics that must be true of our words.

Warren Peel Warren Peel
family worship

My Beloved is Mine and I am His from Song of Solomon + Is it needed?

July 16, 2025

Is Worship Connected (or something similar) needed? Since I am doing it every week, at least from my perspective, it is needed.

Ed Blackwood Ed Blackwood
perseverance

3 Encouragements When Things Look Bleak

July 15, 2025

The Lord knows where you are, he sees your work for him, and he isn't finished with you yet

Stephen Steele Stephen Steele

The Comfort of Dead Birds (Part 2)

July 14, 2025

I don’t think we should take some peculiar pleasure in the death of animals. Native Americans killed many animals but had great esteem and appreciation for them and industriously made use of

Jonathan L. Shirk Jonathan L. Shirk

The Focus of Prophecy

July 10, 2025

There are five things that the prophets understood about OT prophecies concerning Christ, according to Walter Kaiser, expounding 1 Peter 1:10-12: 10 Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace

Andrew Kerr Andrew Kerr
family worship

Life under the Sun Household Worship Guide from Ecclesiastes + Read, Pray, Repeat

July 09, 2025

There need be no fireworks or pizzazz to keep the kids interested. There needs to be only a father with a heart-love for God–who desires to see that love appropriated by his children. Read, pray, repeat.

Ed Blackwood Ed Blackwood
Procrastination

The Danger Of Inaction

July 08, 2025

Church leaders - do not ignore sins and issues that require action. Love the church and love your brothers and sisters enough to address the problems in their lives early. If you do, then it will be a blessing to them and for the church.

Kyle E. Sims Kyle E. Sims

The Comfort of Dead Birds (Part 1)

July 07, 2025

If life suddenly became like Alfred Hitchcock’s horror film The Birds, then maybe the thought of a dead bird would provide some comfort. But in real life seeing a beautiful little dead

Jonathan L. Shirk Jonathan L. Shirk

The Majority or the Minority?

July 03, 2025

One morning in our household, some time ago, I was distracted by a chortle as one of my family read their Bible. I was curious to find out what the reader found so

Andrew Kerr Andrew Kerr
family worship

Start Being Wise-Household Worship Guide from Proverbs 1 + So Many Inputs

July 02, 2025

Under normal circumstances, typical churchgoers might have 5-6 inputs in their week, all from different portions of God’s Word. ... could there be a way to tie some of these together?

Ed Blackwood Ed Blackwood

Suffer the Children: Why a Children's Sermon?

July 02, 2025

A family recipe was passed down from grandmother to daughter to granddaughter. Everyone loved grandma’s famous roast. Garlicky, flavorful, and peppery goodness! What was the secret?  One evening the granddaughter—now in

Nathan Eshelman Nathan Eshelman

Your Pastor Needs the Same Grace You Do

June 30, 2025

I was ordained for the pastoral ministry on May 1, 2010. Since that day, I continue to struggle deeply with sinful desires, thoughts, words, and actions. Being ordained doesn’t kill sin in

Jonathan L. Shirk Jonathan L. Shirk

Episode 336: Chat 3GT

June 26, 2025

Or should it be Chat 3GPT? Either way, the three guys get together to have a little summer fun at the expense of artificial intelligence. Along the way, the one host accused of

Gentle Reformation Gentle Reformation
Addiction

Be Freed from Addiction!

June 24, 2025

Is addiction sin or sickness?  Do addicts need confrontation or compassion?

Kit Swartz

The Holy Spirit Serves & Assures Us

June 23, 2025

When some professing Christians liken the Holy Spirit to a “funny and sneaky and silly blue genie” like the one in Aladdin, it becomes painfully obvious that many professing Christians don’t know

Jonathan L. Shirk Jonathan L. Shirk
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