The Suburbs of Heaven

  The following article was written for a talk I was asked to give at the Reformation Heritage Conference at Wayside Presbyterian Church in Signal Mountain, TN, on October 26, 2024. It is posted here in its entirety. It deals with the doctrine of the sacraments in Reformation and post-Reformation…

One of the more frequent questions that I receive from students in my class on the person and work of Christ centers on whether or not the God-man performed miracles by His own divine nature or as a man working only by the power of the Holy Spirit. The passage…

I regularly meet with students and friends who are wrestling with whether or not they should leave their job, ministry, church, or whatever current endeavor they may be involved with. In almost every case, the single-biggest issue that is prompting each person’s struggle is the opposition that they are facing.…

I want you to picture the scene: a pastor is meeting with a member of his congregation who has come to him seeking his counsel. The member has been struggling with assurance of salvation and is asking the pastor for help. The question uppermost in this member’s mind is, “How…

Many years ago, when I was in seminary, I asked one of my professors what had surprised him most about the church when he had finished his own theological studies and had started serving in ministry. I will never forget his response. He said, “Guy, would you believe there is…

In The Silver Chair, CS Lewis tells the well-known story of a young girl named Jill who finds her way into the land of Narnia and is wandering through the woods in search of some water. When she finally stumbles upon a stream, she cannot bring herself to rush forward…