by Doug Van Meter | 6 Feb 2026 | Articles
In the novel East of Eden, John Steinbeck says concerning one of its characters, Liza Hamilton, that her total intellectual association was with the Bible…. In that one book she had her history and her poetry, her knowledge of peoples and things, her ethics, her...
by Doug Van Meter | 23 Jan 2026 | Articles
Grammar matters. Technically speaking, the term “grammar” refers to the foundational elements of an area of knowledge. When applied to language, it refers to the fundamentals of a correct use of that language. Like when using an apostrophe. The absence or misplacement...
by Doug Van Meter | 9 Jan 2026 | Articles
My church heritage, thankfully, put a lot of emphasis upon the importance of regularly gathering with fellow church members for worship, instruction, fellowship, and ministry. Though I was not always an enthusiastic participant, nevertheless, by God’s grace, my...
by Anton Beetge | 30 Dec 2025 | Articles
What shall I render to the LORDfor all his benefits to me?I will lift up the cup of salvationand call on the name of the LORD,I will pay my vows to the LORDin the presence of all his people. Psalm 116:12–14 As we come to the end of another year, I find myself...
by Doug Van Meter | 26 Dec 2025 | Articles
It is midday on Christmas Day as I write, and I can’t stop thinking about that first one: the day that the Son of God became man—the incarnation. I am particularly thinking of Mary and all she experienced. I am thinking of a mother’s love and of a mother’s heartache....
by Doug Van Meter | 19 Dec 2025 | Articles
In 1666, Puritan pastor Thomas Watson lamented, “Many parents are careful to lay up portions for their children, but they do not lay up prayers for them.” He was pastorally burdened for parents who focus on the temporal rather than the eternal. I want to suggest that...
