This book is a concise story of how the Nicene Creed, and its doctrinal affirmations, came to be. The Gospel Coalition bookstore describes the work perfectly, “ The Story of the Trinity relates the settings, characters, and conflicts that led to the Council of Nicaea and the creation of the Nicene Creed, a simple yet beautiful statement of faith that expresses core Christian beliefs that continue to be affirmed worldwide.” If a history book can be an exciting page turner thi

We continue in the vein of quotations from various sources. Today our topic is preaching. Preaching is God’s means of grace given to the church to proclaim his gospel and declare his glory. I should not have to convince you of the priority and primacy of preaching for the church. At CRC we already know this. But allow me to quote two verses in defense of my original statement. It is Paul writing to the young pastor Timothy regarding the priorities of his ministry. Paul writes

NOTE:  I have invited the contributions of Stu Reimer to write in this space on the issues of marriage and family. If you follow CRC at all you will know Stu to be my frequent substitute in the pulpit and I am looking forward to his work as my substitute from time to time in this space. Expect his blogs to appear every 6 weeks or so. Stu is no expert on the things on which I have asked him to write (Just ask his wife and children), but he is a committed reformed Christian and

We are continuing on our recent theme of offering quotes from valuable Christian works and writers. This one is a bit different, and by that I mean a bit longer and with a bit more commentary. The quote we start with is from Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis. “All the worst pleasures are purely spiritual: the pleasure of putting other people in the wrong, of bossing and patronizing and spoiling sport, and back-biting, the pleasures of power, of hatred. For there are two thing