Here, then, is the sovereign power with which the pastors of the church…ought to be endowed. That is that they may dare boldly to do all things by God’s Word  Read More

In Western culture today, you decide to get married because you feel an attraction to the other person. You think he or she is wonderful. But a year or two later— or, just as often, a month or two— three things usually happen.  Read More

“Say not, ‘Why were the former days better than these?’ For it is not from wisdom that you ask this.”  Read More

Great hearts can only be made by great troubles. The spade of trouble digs the reservoir of comfort deeper, and makes more room for consolation  Read More

No one understands like Jesus when the days are dark and grim; no one is so near, so dear as Jesus—Cast your ev’ry care on Him.  Read More

Ephesians 6:4 says, “Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.” Timothy Witmer in The Shepherd Leader identifies four ways that fathers can unjustly provoke their children: The first way to provoke your children to anger is to have unrealistic expectations.The second way to provoke your children is to compare them unfairly with...  Read More

We know not which most to wonder at, the faithfulness of God or the unbelief of His people  Read More

The forces of evil, unchallenged for so long, are now set in array against the missionary.   Read More