Posts by John Stasse (Page 9)

The Church – Protestant and Reformed The Presbyterian Church is often described by the terms Protestant and Reformed. But what are we to understand by that, and in what sense is it true of us today? Malcolm Watts helpfully draws our attention to a dominant note of what has become known as the Reformed Faith – that of God’s Transcendence. A Reformed church emphasizes the…

The Presbyterian Church is often described by the terms Protestant and Reformed. But what are we to understand by that, and in what sense is it true of us today? Over the coming weeks in SYPCtoday as we approach Reformation Sunday (last Sunday in October), we will consider different aspects of what it means to be Protestant and Reformed. In the following from‘Welcome…

“…and the Lord was with him.” (Genesis 39:2-3, 22-23) Last week we left Joseph’s story noting father Jacob’s inconsolable grief contrasted with the evidence of an active heavenly Father. What makes this grief so tragic though it was so real for Jacob is that it was so wide of the mark. He was mistaken, as we so often are. We need to remember that what we may…

“As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you” (Isaiah 66:13) Steve Lawson tells how when he got out of theological college he was preaching through Revelation when Mother’s Day came along. And because he is committed to sequential preaching he preached on the next passage before him, which happened to be about ‘the whore of Babylon’. “I felt good about…