Many people have trouble following Matthew 18 in the PRC denomination and a good portion of that problem is with young people. This is obvious from the April 2010 Beacon Lights article entitled ‘’Who are We Known As?’’ by Ryan Kregel, where it says that not only are there party houses in the PRC denomination but there […]
John is a member of Byron Center Protestant Reformed Church in Byron Center, Michigan. He wrote this article for the Protestant Reformed Scholarship. Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. But if he […]
“Open rebuke is better than secret love. Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.” This is God’s Word as found in Proverbs 27:5, 6. In these verses are to be found a principle that is central to all friendships within the body of Christ. Those who truly […]
Confronting a sinning friend can be very tough in some cases. If it is not dealt with properly, you risk losing that friend. If you are a true friend, there are biblical ways in which you can solve the problem and save the friendship. There are two things which should be pointed out. First, if […]
Hi! You and I are friends. Such close friends we are that whenever I am in trouble, I call you. When other people talk poorly about you, you call me. We talk. We talk a lot. Sometimes we talk about important things: God’s direction in our lives, choosing a college, picking the right career (we […]
Blessed young people shall we consider our duty of admonishing one another using Scripture as our guide? What does it exhort us to do? Paul exhorted the church of Thessalonica to admonish one another. II Thessalonians 3:13-15: “But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing. And if any man obey not our word by […]
Will you ask why I write about admonishing? I will reply that the answer is very simple: you and I don’t admonish as we ought. Sometimes we laugh at sin. Sometimes we pretend that we have not heard or seen it. At best (and that’s not very good), we turn our backs and walk away. […]
Upon reading this title, the question may arise of what exactly is meant by “admonition.” According to Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, the meaning of admonition is “the counsel or warning against fault or oversight.” When we admonish a brother or sister in the Lord, we tell him to repent of a sin which he […]
There was a time when Christians could admonish one another in the spirit of true love. But it seems as though that isn’t possible anymore in the day and age in which we live. And that is not due so much to the fact that the Christian isn’t able or willing to admonish the other […]