My New Bible

With my birthday approaching, my wife offered to buy me a new Bible to replace my old one that was showing its years of study and preaching. But I was so attached to my old Bible with its many portions highlight- ed, underlined, circled, and crammed with personal notes, I…

Faithful Praise Through Songs and Hymns

Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness (Psalm 29:2). When it comes to giving the Lord His due in corporate worship, Presbyterians have recognized historically that God cannot be worshipped in any way we choose. There must be scriptural…

Biblical Gardens

A garden is a well watered, richly nourished, carefully tended place for the cultivation of plants. A garden can be expansive or tiny, free form or formal. It may contain few varieties or a vast catalog of species. It may be virtually all shades of green or a profusion of…

Genesis: God’s Book of Beginnings (2)

SUMMARY OF THE CHAPTER 2 This chapter declares creation’s completion (v1-3), and expands on the methods and results of those six days of God’s creative work. It does not record a separate work of creation; it adds information to the details given in chapter one. Though man was also made…

Evangelism in Korea

Christ’s evangelical calling has been kindling an undying passion in the heart of every Christian generation. The disciples obeyed Christ’s command through the coming and presence of the Holy Spirit. They saw the people’s spiritual need and preached that they would receive forgiveness and salvation only through the grace of…

Return to Toronto

On the thirtieth anniversary of the initial Week of Prayer in Toronto FPC, the members of the presbytery and some of their families gathered May 13-17. It was the ninth time for the Toronto congregation to host the event. The session and committee and the congregation, under the capable direction…

Book Review – The Presbyterian Philosopher

Dr. Gordon H. Clark was the most consistently orthodox Christian thinker of the 20th century. God used him as a great defender of the faith against practically all of the false philosophies both ancient and modern. Thirty-four years ago, he left behind an armory filled with intellectual ammunition for the…

Anti-Social Media

I understand it’s not a very positive title. I also understand that social media can be used for good purposes. Many Free Presbyterian ministers and churches are very active in their social media presence. Just because people abuse the internet and social media doesn’t make it inherently evil. The popular…

Presbyterianism’s Struggle with Apostasy (Part 2)

Historical developments that started while the Apostles were alive began to accelerate with their deaths. The structure of church government on which the apostles agreed, that is, a Presbyterian system in which the people elected elders to conduct the business of the congregations and to stress the interdependency of the…

Abraham and Isaac

What are some ways parents show love? They might give warm hugs, work hard to provide good things, plan fun trips, and buy treats! In Genesis 22, we read of a loving father, Abraham, and his son, Isaac. Abraham and his wife, Sarah, had prayed for a child for many years,…

“How Can It Be?”

For me to write about my favorite hymn is something I really cannot do. I have always loved great hymns and have made a point of memorizing many of them. I don’t have a single favorite; however, there are many that hold special places in my heart, ones that have…