Sober Minded by R.C. Sproul Jr.

All of us, I presume, change our minds from time to time. We know that we err, and we know that we grow in grace. At least part of that growth happens when we no longer believe the errors we …Read More

Marching Orders by Kim Riddlebarger

FROM TABLETALK | June 2009

Q. What are the outward and ordinary means whereby Christ communicateth to us the benefits of redemption? A. The outward and ordinary means whereby Christ communicateth to us the benefits of redemption are, his ordinances, especially the Word, sacraments, and …Read More

Elders for the Church by Phil Newton

FROM TABLETALK | September 2008

Over the past decade I’ve engaged a wide-range of Christians on the subject of elders. Some, in desperation, want to change dysfunctional church leadership structures. Others have grown tired of side-stepping the biblical teaching on elders. Some long to …Read More

We Don’t Need Supermen by Howard Davis Jr.

FROM TABLETALK | July 2008

In chapter two of Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands, Paul David Tripp relates a story of a church member who called the pastor to get him to help a man. Tripp’s comment to the member was, “Isn’t …Read More

The High Call of Service by George Grant

FROM TABLETALK | May 2008

The heroine of My Fair Lady, Eliza Doolittle, captured the sentiment of most of us when she complained, “Words, words, words — I am so sick of words. I get words all day through, first from him, now from you. Is …Read More

Respect Your Elders by Patrick Lennox

FROM TABLETALK | June 2005

“Respect your elders!” was a continual rebuke I heard from my uncle during my childhood. Although then I couldn’t define the word respect by any dictionary standard, I had a good working knowledge of what it meant to respect …Read More