Month: October 2022

  • The Glorious Protestant Reformation: Some Thoughts on Reformation Day

    On this day, October 31st, in the year of our Lord, 1517, an Augustinian friar (monk) in the Roman Catholic church, Martin Luther (1483-1546), who was also a theologian, priest, and a professor at the University at Wittenberg, nailed his 95 theses, which were theological problems he saw with Catholic theology as well as practices…

  • Fantastic MLJ sermon!

    Here is a wonderful and edifying sermon by Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones! The sermon is titled “Christ, who is God“. A Sermon on Romans 9:4-5 They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises. To them belong the patriarchs, and from their…

  • The Reformed Church in America: Dating and Dysfunction

    It’s not easy being a 47-year-old (never married) single Reformed man, who is disabled and suffering from severe mental illnesses, in America and looking for a godly wife. I’m in a Reformed singles group on Facebook and after several years of careful observation, I must sadly recognize that the vast majority of the Reformed women…

  • Overwhelmed: Breaking Point

    I have so much wrong with me! I NEED YOUR PRAYERS DESPERATELY! PRAYERS FOR ME AND MY FAMILY WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED!!! Satan is a liar! I will not fall into despair, bitterness, or anger. “Though He slay me, yet will I hope in Him.” Job 13:15 My physical and mental suffering unites me with…

  • Advice to a friend concerning mental health

    We are all sinners and subject to natural death, our bodies slowly break down as we age. Many are quite familiar with common physical ailments, yet our minds can also become broken. These are all effects of the Fall. Sadly there is a negative stigma against those suffering from mental illness. And many sufferers never…

  • Paroxysm

    Sharp painStabbingJolts ofWhite hot sensationSheer agony engulfs meIt is tortureTears swellIn my eyesBut pain can beOur teacherI unite my sufferingWith Christ’sHe endured far moreThan me by Zachary Uram(c) 2022

  • Imago Dei: Lost or Retained?

    Was the Imago Dei (Image of God) lost in the Fall of man, or was it retained, yet in a distorted or compromised sense? The phrase has its origins in Genesis 1:27, wherein “God created man in his own image…” I posit that the Image of God was lost in the Fall of man and…

  • Water Baptism: A Reformed Examination of John 3:5

    When a person is baptized is it the water itself that regenerates? Or is it the washing by the Holy Spirit that regenerates? According to Calvin, and other Reformed commentators, the water in John 3:5 is not referring to water baptism. And it is the washing by the Holy Spirit that regenerates. And that alone.…

  • Get Free EBOOKS Today

    I love this new service I came across from Book Cave! Sign up for authors’ newsletters and get a FREE COPY of their books! You will receive a link to download the book with the email address you provide! I just got 10 books!! ENJOY! 🙂 Oh yes, be sure you sign up for the…

  • Homeschooling: Public Education Is a Disaster. HOMESCHOOL NOW!

    Here are the best school districts to teach for in my state of Pennsylvania and their average teacher’s salaries as of 2022. Fox Chapel, $105,523North Allegheny, $94,667Upper St. Clair, $97,646Radnor Township, $99,789Montour, $105,264State College Area, $92,170Mt. Lebanon, $91,225Lower Merion, $117,364Hampton Township, $97,267Great Valley, $107,078Colonial, $101,304Upper Dublin, $106,402Wallingford-Swarthmore, $93,115Quaker Valley, $97,682Rose Tree Media, $99,925Council Rock, $122,754Southern…