by Christian | Feb 26, 2020 | Ask the Pastor
Every year around this time, Reformed Pastors are asked, “Why doesn’t your church offer lenten services?” While our answer is simple enough — “Because we have no scriptural warrant to do so” — we understand that this answer...
by Christian | Jan 24, 2020 | Ask the Pastor, Ecclesiology
Question: “I know what a true church is, but have not been able to find a good one in my area. I have been listening to sermons online, but this is no long-term solution for my spiritual needs. What am I suppose to do?” Answer: Your predicament is a...
by Christian | Oct 28, 2019 | Ask the Pastor
Question: “I was recently surprised to discover that some of the people in my church disapprove of Halloween. Why? What’s so wrong with it?” Answer: Some Christians object to the observance of Halloween because they find its historical roots and...
by Christian | Jul 14, 2019 | Ask the Pastor, Ecclesiology
Question: Can you give me a brief overview of the major differences between the PCUSA and the Orthodox Presbyterian Church? Thank you. Answer: The OPC was formed during the fundamentalist-modernist controversy early in the twentieth century, when J. Gresham Machen was...
by Christian | May 14, 2019 | Ask the Pastor
These eleven verses [John 8:1-11], together with the last verse of the preceding chapter, form perhaps the gravest critical difficulty in the New Testament. Their genuineness is disputed. It is held by many learned Christian writers—who have an undoubted right to be...
by Christian | Sep 28, 2018 | Ask the Pastor
Question: What did Jesus mean when he told us not to judge others in Matthew 7:1? The first portion of these verses is one of those passages of Scripture, which we must be careful not to strain beyond its proper meaning. It is frequently abused and misapplied, by the...
