by Doug Van Meter | 12 Oct 2016 | Articles
Well, it’s Monday. And it has not been a great one. I needed to take my wife to the hospital this morning for a bi-monthly procedure. I stopped by my office to get my computer so that I could get some work done while I spent the morning in the waiting room. I got...
by Doug Van Meter | 28 Sep 2016 | Articles
Jonathan Leeman writes, In the West today, individuals and families often resign their church membership like they check out of hotels. They make sure they have all their belongings, inform the management, and then go. In fact, many church members don’t do this much....
by Doug Van Meter | 21 Sep 2016 | Articles
Last week, I wrote the first of a few articles addressing various practical issues related to the important (but all too often neglected) principle and practice of church membership. This second instalment provides some reasons why the Lord’s Supper is reserved for...
by Doug Van Meter | 13 Sep 2016 | Articles
Lately, I’ve been musing on congregational life in the local church, both its immense privileges as well as its responsibilities. The following is a “first instalment.” As a child, I did not always heed my parents’ admonitions. Though they spoke straight to me, and...
by Stuart Chase | 7 Sep 2016 | Articles
I recently listened to an interview of a woman who had for a long time run a popular Christian website and podcast, but who has since left the theological realm for politics. She has not left the faith, but simply moved from religious to political cultural engagement....
by Joachim Rieck | 5 Sep 2016 | Articles
On this previous Sunday (4 September 2016) Pope Francis declared Mother Teresa to be a saint. This is one of the peculiar Roman Catholic church traditions which simply do not match the Scriptures. As a defender of the authority of Scripture alone (sola Scriptura) I...
