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While the Scriptures call all people to submit to the authorities that have been established (Rom. 13), should we submit to every direction they give?  Clearly the answer is no.  To mistakenly argue that we must is to commit the sin which the German Church of the 1930-40’s committed.  There are some governmental mandates which go in direct opposition to the teaching of Scripture, and when they do, the Church must stand in opposition. So how should one approach the…

in light of the governor’s recent edict to prohibit congregational singing, Spurgeon and Watts have some worthy words to say related to Psalm 100: Spurgeon, Treasury of David on Psalm 100: Verse 2. Serve the LORD with gladness. “Glad homage pay with awful mirth.” He is our Lord, and therefore he is to be served; he is our gracious Lord, and therefore to be served with joy. The invitation to worship here given is not a melancholy one, as though adoration were a…

The following article is insightful and timely for our consideration as believers.  We ought to be praying to God for wisdom for elected officials, discernment in understanding the goals of the PRC and in knowing how to respond in ways that are wise and prudent.

Sovereign.  That isn’t a word we use very often.  It is an adjective that is used to describe one who has ‘supreme or ultimate power’ according to the oxford online dictionary.  To the Christian there is a powerfully freeing truth in the statement: The God of the Bible is Almighty and sovereign! In this statement, the God revealed in the Bible is declared to have All-might, or all power.  This means that nothing is beyond, our God’s ability to perform. …

I was doing some research today regarding a classical issue that has come to my attention when I stumbled upon an Schaver’s The Polity of the Churches. First published in 1937, my copy was from 1947.  It is a kind of church order commentary, if you will from its day.  The chapter that caught my attention was entitled “Social Problems”.  Let me excerpt a small sections from the opening paragraph for your reflection: When Social Problems Ecclesiastical:  It is declared…