Although I am over thirty years old, married, with four children, some of my older brother’s childhood friends still call me “Lil Rel”...

Every two to three years, I have the pleasure of gathering with my extended family in North Carolina for a family reunion. It is a joy to...

In light of both Paul’s thanksgiving for the Thessalonians’ faith and his defense of his faithful ministry, I thought it would be useful...

As Paul continues to give thanks to God for the church of the Thessalonians in 1 Thess 1:6-10, he shifts to thanksgiving for the marks of...

Though it’s in the background of my sermon, these opening verses are a prayerful expression of Paul’s thanksgiving for God’s work in the...

Last week the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) gathered for her 49th General Assembly in Birmingham, Alabama. The PCA was founded in...

A phrase in the Apostles’ Creed that sometimes causes confusion is “the holy catholic church.” To confess that you believe in the...

Have you ever been asked the question (or asked yourself): “Do you feel the Spirit?” It is a question that attempts to gage the...

While most systematic treatments of theology take up the topic of final judgment at the end, the Apostles’ Creed interestingly couples it...

The most difficult phrase of the Apostles’ Creed is the final one in the section on Christ’s suffering, “He descended into hell.” No...

In 1924, more than a thousand Presbyterian ministers endorsed a document that is called the Auburn Affirmation.1 This affirmation was a...

Having wrapped up Daniel, we are due to switch gears and take up a New Testament book for our next series. We will do that soon by...