by Lisa Leidenfrost Often we will rank our worth by what we do and accomplish. We feel good about ourselves if we get through our list for the day. We feel God is pleased with us if we accomplish certain tasks that go along with ‘being godly’. I think this is just basic human nature. […]
For Kim—RIP
We’ve gathered this afternoon to celebrate the life of Kim Meyer. As we celebrate, however, there is a sense of sorrow and sadness hovering over everything we say and do. As you all know, we’re not here remembering someone who is sitting in the other room watching us. Kim passed away. She is not here. […]
Converting the Soul
The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul (Ps. 19:7) Most Christians know this verse. Maybe you have it memorized in a song. I remember singing a song with this verse in it when I was in the Navy, long before I ever read it in the Bible. It is one of those […]
Cultural Engagement
It is commonly known that people who worship together over an extended period of time tend to view the outside world in similar ways, and this is also true of CREC churches. Given the important role that political and cultural issues have in our era, it may be helpful to make a few comments. Cultural […]
Thinking About Pastoral Ministry?
I thought I would put a plug out there for our Greyfriars’ Hall: Ministerial Training School. We have openings and if you’re qualified, we still have time to accept you. You should know that the workload is prodigious. Students read at least a book a week, meet with various pastors, work alongside ministers, meet with […]
Christian Education
CREC churches share a deep commitment to the pursuit of Christian education. We are convinced that the world must be understood in a distinctively Christian way, and young saints are to be trained up into that way of thinking about it. The reason the world must be understood in a Christian way is because the […]
Tatoos
A couple of weeks ago, I posted a comment on what we wear and how we dress. I included a comment near the end about tattoos being something we wear and forgot to add the link. Here you go. I don’t know anything about the web site in general, I just liked what they had to […]
Child Communion
At the very center of the strong family emphasis that you will find in our churches, you will also find our practice of communing our children at the Lord’s Table. This is unusual in Protestant churches, and in some places it is even controversial, so here are a few words of explanation. Children have their […]
Biblical Sermons
There is an old joke among preachers that sermonettes are for Christianettes. Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. The Scriptures are our life. Believing what we do about the absolute authority of the Bible, it only makes sense that the sermon would be […]