by Christian | Mar 12, 2025 | Culture, Ecclesiology
Consumerism and the Church In Some Ways Helpful? By Christian McShaffrey Pastor of Five Solas Church (Reedsburg, WI) Many articles have been written that lament the negative influence “consumerism” has had on the church. Its negative affects are usually considered...
by Christian | Dec 21, 2023 | Ethics, Evangelistic
An Open Letter To Local Catholics December 21, 2023 From the Rev. Christian McShaffrey, M.Div. Dear Catholic neighbor, Last Monday, the Vatican approved the practice of blessing sin. What are you going to do now? As a brief aside, I was once a Catholic. I was...
by Christian | Nov 7, 2023 | Civic, Culture
By Christian McShaffrey As I sipped my morning coffee on a brisk November morn, I reviewed the day’s schedule and noticed one appointment that iCalendar had scheduled without my consent: Election DayIgnoring that intrusion for the moment, I proceeded to browse the...
by Christian | Jun 20, 2023 | Bible Studies, Culture, Devotional
FREE DOWNLOAD – HOW TO LIVE AS A CHRISTIAN DURING STRANGE TIMES About: In this Ministry Helps booklet Christian McShaffrey, MDiv gives an encouraging and needed lesson for Christians who feel like strangers in a strange land in America given the many unprecedented...
by Christian | Jun 17, 2023 | Culture
I recently had the opportunity to attend the General Assembly of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church as a commissioner. My appointed advisory committee was Appeals and Complaints, so I was also intimately involved in some of the more sensitive work of the whole church....
by Christian | Apr 25, 2023 | Ask the Pastor, Ethics, Family
Answered by Lancelot Andrewes (1555–1626) That there be degrees [of love], it is plain because omission of duties to parents is worse than to strangers: so that there must needs be a greater duty to one of these, than to the other. As in natural things, where the...