
Proverbs – Day 11
Day 11: Reputation and Integrity – part 1 Once lost, few things are more difficult to recover than a bad name. These proverbs teach us that the name of the […]
Reformed Thought for Christian Living
Day 11: Reputation and Integrity – part 1 Once lost, few things are more difficult to recover than a bad name. These proverbs teach us that the name of the […]
Day 10: Laziness and work – part 2 There is nothing like hunger as a motivator for work (Prov. 16:26)! The sleep of the labourer is sweet (Ecc. 5:12) and […]
Day 9: Laziness and work – part 1 The Bible has much to say about laziness and work. Work is something that is good, given by God. In the garden […]
Review of Lucy S. R. Austen, Elisabeth Elliot: A Life, Wheaton: Crossway, 2023 Elisabeth Elliot (1926-2015) is amongst the best-known American Christians of the past century. By the early 1990s […]
Day 8: Righteousness and Wickedness – part 4 In God’s common grace, sin is often universally recognised (Prov. 14:34). These proverbs show us that righteousness promotes blessings, such as exalting […]
Day 7: Righteousness and Wickedness – part 3 The Scriptures everywhere testify to the fact that in the end the righteous will stand, but the wicked will fall. In these […]
Day 6: Righteousness and Wickedness – part 2 The promise of sin is abundant pleasure, freedom and happiness. The reality is that it is slavery. Jesus said, “everyone who practises […]
Day 5: Righteousness and Wickedness – part 1 Ill-gotten gain at first glance may look like a superb feast, but soon the food turns rotten, becoming infested with maggots! It […]
Day 4: Wisdom and foolishness – part 4 Wisdom cannot be bought or sold, as it is more valuable than a precious jewel (Prov. 20:15) and we pray to acquire […]
Day 3: Wisdom and foolishness – part 3 If we fear the LORD, then our lives will be marked by a determination to seek His wisdom. These proverbs tell us […]
Day 2: Wisdom and foolishness – part 2 The book of Proverbs is God’s wisdom for living in a broken and sinful world. The foundation of wisdom is the fear […]
Introduction Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) famously wrote a book entitled John Ploughman’s Talk. The title, he said, was appropriate, because a ploughman’s task is to break up the fallow ground. In […]
EUTHANASIA AND THE SLIPPERY SLOPE Evil has a way of begetting evil and gaining momentum (Prov.11:27). Once the door for euthanasia was opened, ‘bracket creep’ was inevitable. In 2017, the […]
AN INTERVIEW WITH GRAHAM BARNES, PRESBYTERIAN MINISTER AT WALCHA 1. Why are you opposed to euthanasia? The Sixth Commandment is clear: “You shall not murder (Exodus 20:13).” But apart from the Scriptures, […]
Christians from far away can look at the trouble in the Middle East and pray, “Lord, did any good come from the Arab Spring? What of the thousands of people […]