Pastor's Articles

Singing Hymns at GNPC We are a congregation that largely sings historic hymns and psalms.  Our song list includes only a handful of...

Seeking forgiveness goes beyond mere apologies; it requires genuine acknowledgment of wrongs and a desire for healing in relationships.

We grow more into Christ’s likeness not only through Bible study and prayer, but through mutual care and accountability. [i] This care...

When I was a college student in North Carolina I attended a Baptist church.  The Baptist practice of baptizing only professing Christians...

Jonathan Haidt’s book, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness, is essential re

C.S. Lewis said, "There are two equal and opposite errors into which our race can fall about the devils. One is to disbelieve in their...

It was a hot day in the summer of 1505. Martin Luther, a German law student, was walking down the road when the sky suddenly became...

One Sunday after a worship service a woman who had attended our church for a number of Sundays told me, “I will not be attending your...

The comment is often made that the God of the Old Testament is a God of wrath and judgment while the God of the New Testament is a God of...

Do you know for sure that you will be with God in heaven when you die? Is it possible for a person to attain assurance about his or her...

Christian, can you be sure, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that you will go to heaven? Is it possible for a genuine believer in Jesus...

Many in the broader church do not believe that all of the Bible is the Word of God. This allows them to approach Scripture in the way one...

For nearly four centuries, English-speaking Christians read from a common translation of the Bible, the King James Version (KJV). Today...

The Apostle Paul wrote, “let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt” (Colossians 4:6). What are some traits of a gracious,...

The canon of Scripture refers to the authoritative list of books that comprise the Bible (canon is Greek for rule or standard). We...