Trevin Wax writes about the deadly temptation of desiring a church where everyone is happy with things exactly as they are. …we are right to pursue unity and peace in the church. But we are wrong to assume that the absence of conflict or complaint indicates that things are going in the right direction. The …

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Westminster Confession Of Faith – Lord’s Day 44 Chapter 27 – Of the Sacraments I. Sacraments are holy signs and seals of the covenant of grace, immediately instituted by God, to represent Christ and his benefits, and to confirm our interest in him: as also to put a visible difference between those that belong unto …

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Chuck Lawless quotes Chuck Swindoll: Why tradition is good: It honors God for what He has done. Tradition, by definition, is tied to the past. Ideally, though, it focuses on God and what He has done, not on what we used to do in the church. Healthy tradition is concerned about glorifying God only. It …

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Stephen Witmer writes about pastoring in smaller towns. The upper limit of your joy in ministry will never be the size of the place in which you minister, but the size of your heart for God. God spreads a banquet of delight before you in your small place, always more than enough, and he invites …

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