by Doug Van Meter | 10 Jan 2025 | Articles
I was recently put in an uncomfortable position, which called for a biblically necessary response. The rules of our house were violated and a confrontation was necessary. Not my house—not 2 Rooiivoor Street—but rather our house that gathers at 76 Roy Campbell Street....
by Doug Van Meter | 3 Jan 2025 | Articles
With the arrival of a new year, we are often resolute to make changes and so we make resolutions about diet or exercise or relationships or habits or any number of things. Some resolutions result in real change and others, well, not so much. It seems that the roads...
by Doug Van Meter | 27 Dec 2024 | Articles
I have been both intrigued and challenged by the biblical record of Joseph, husband of Mary and earthly (though not biological) father of Jesus the Christ. The biblical record is brief and yet rich with lessons for those who have ears to hear. Recently, we saw that...
by Doug Van Meter | 20 Dec 2024 | Articles
I was recently reading the early chapters of Genesis and was struck—again—by the words of 1:16: “And God made the two great lights—the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night—and the stars” (ESV). Or as other translations so wonderfully...
by Doug Van Meter | 13 Dec 2024 | Articles
Recently, I spoke from 2 Corinthians 4:6, which tells of God’s good news that, through his Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, sinners like you and me can be reconciled to God. The word picture of the text is that of light replacing darkness. Through the Lord Jesus Christ, a...
by Doug Van Meter | 6 Dec 2024 | Articles
“For now we live if you are standing fast in the Lord.” So wrote the apostle Paul to his beloved brothers and sisters in the church of Thessalonica (1 Thessalonians 3:8). He acknowledged their faithfulness as a spiritual tonic, which emboldened him to persevere in the...
