You may know that for the last couple of years, our church leadership has been giving attention to leadership development. One expression of that is that we have been trying to pair emerging leaders with mentors for their continued development. Since we have recently made some of those pairings, I wanted to equip those mentors with some thoughts to guide them. Here is what I’ve shared with them; perhaps it will benefit you in any mentoring relationship you find yourself in. 

In our culture we use the word “hurt”—specifically around the topic of emotional hurt. It is the common language of conflict in our culture; instead of saying to someone “you wronged me” or “you sinned against me”, we say “you hurt me”.

At TCS, we believe all truth—about God, creation, and humanity—is revealed in the inerrant Word of God. In contrast to modern Scientism, we affirm that science depends on the foundations of Scripture, not the other way around. This article explains our rejection of evolution, our belief in a six-day creation, and our respect for the range of faithful Reformed views on Genesis 1.

A few months ago our church released a new tool to help our congregation read God’s word and pray together throughout the week. It’s an app called The Reformed Hours of Prayer, which organizes our communal life around seven hours of prayer, from waking to bedtime, rotating new prayers each day of the month. I and pastor Matt worked on it with Jon Boldt and Seth Copeland, and we continue to make small improvements to it. 

As we begin the season of Lent next week Wednesday (Ash Wednesday), I’d like to offer another plug for this resource. Historically, the season of Lent is for giving renewed attention to prayer and fasting. If you’re anything like me, an existing structure and ready-made prayers help you to adopt a new practice. I’d like to tell you a bit about the app, in hopes that you will use it over the coming weeks and beyond.

In the first article of this series, I explained my desire to articulate a fresh vision for PCA churches in the Pacific Northwest for the coming generation. While the vision of the gospel-centered movement in the last generation celebrated important truths about salvation by grace in Christ alone, and inspired many to plant churches and share the gospel, it often left important practical matters of the Christian life and culture insufficiently addressed. In the article to follow, I would like to offer more clarity, particularly in the areas of worship, family, education, institution-building, and politics. This article is on worship. 

In this series of articles, I want to articulate some of the areas of life and culture that I believe the next generation of pastors need to address more clearly in their discipleship of God’s people in the Pacific Northwest.

This article continues our series concerning eschatology, or the doctrines of “last things.” In this installment we continue discussing partial-preterism, now delving into the book of Revelation. When we read the apocalyptic or prophetic portions of the Bible, especially the book of Revelation, it is easy to assume that they are describing the end of the world. Yet, as we’ve discussed, these prophetic books of Scripture are anchored to God’s covenant dealings with his people in real history. 

Our nation witnessed the assassination of Charlie Kirk, a devout Christian who was unafraid to go to college campuses to speak truth and share the Gospel with those far from God.

Many Christians are familiar with Christmas and Easter, but Ascension Sunday—marking Christ’s return to heaven and the beginning of his reign—is a deeply significant yet often overlooked part of the Church Calendar.