The Names of God: YHWH
YHWH, the Tetragrammaton traditionally transliterated as YAHWEH[1] and translated in Scripture as “LORD,” “GOD,” “JEHOVAH,” and “JAH”[2] is the most used name for God and especially sacred. It assumes a…
Grant Van Leuven
Grant Van Leuven has been feeding the flock at the Puritan Reformed Presbyterian Church in San Diego, CA, since 2010. A bi-vocational pastor, he also serves as a resident chaplain for the San Diego VA Medical Center. Grant and his wife, Fernanda, have eight covenant children. He earned his M.Div. at the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh, PA.
The Beatitudes, Pt. 2: The Inverted Values of the Kingdom
In the Beatitudes (opening Christ’s Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5), the King of Kings proclaimed the blessed benefits of denying worldly citizenship serving in His heavenly Kingdom.[1] They…
Preaching the Parables, Pt 4: Proclaiming the King of Kings and His Kingdom
“Context is king.” This is the paramount hermeneutic for all Bible texts, each having one exegetical point.[1] The Bible’s entire text, including the parables, has one ultimate homiletical point: Bow…
Christ in the Pentateuch, Pt 4, The Typology of Christ in the Patriarchs
In the first article of this “Christ in the Pentateuch” series, Keith Kauffman instructs: “ … it is helpful to think of two broad categories of Christology in the Pentateuch…
Minister from Your Wounds
Alan T. Baker describes one pastor’s ministry transformation: “Whereas [he] once served out of his words and deeds, he now ministers from his wounds.”[1] Words and deeds matter, but this…
Though You Stumble, You Will Not Fall
When we are tripping over ourselves or others are treading upon us, we must remember that God has recovered us time and time again to be sure He will every…
Promise: The Lord will Guide You
In his book, A Shepherd Looks at the 23rd Psalm, Phillip Keller shares that, “Sometimes … a shepherd will actually hold his staff against the side of some sheep that…
Promise: God Will Give You Strength
It was 8 a.m. on a Saturday in Southern California while I was settling to watch my four-and-a-half-year-old son play basketball when I received a call from a sister in…
Promise: The Good Shepherd Promises to Always Provide for You through Affliction
J. Douglas MacMillan shares how fisherman alerted him about one of his sheep stuck on a lonely cliff’s edge with nothing left to eat. And having had no water to…
Promises: God Will Discipline You
R.C. Sproul wrote, “The great lie of Satan is that if you really love a child, you won’t discipline him. In fact, normal discipline is often considered ‘child abuse.’ But…
Psalm 133: Behold our Blessed Brotherhood
Psalm 133:1 extols, Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It teaches us to appreciate how God’s good blessings are especially experienced…
Psalm 128: The Lord Blesses Those Who Fear Him
As my wife and I anticipate our seventh covenant child (and third daughter) joining us early next year, I told our other children that it is their fault that we’re…