Pete's Blog

Genealogy is one of my favorite hobbies. I find it especially gratifying to get acquainted with ancestors that I otherwise never could hav...

 Another one of my favorites from Harry Connick Jr.: The blessed dawn of Christmas day As honestly as children pray The warmth that ...

I pray on Christmas That the Lord will see me through I pray on Christmas He'll show me what to do I pray on Christmas He...

I was introduced to Geoff Thomas some years back at the Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary Conference that I attend each August. Thomas...

I’ve heard some of my Republican friends say today, “I know exactly how the Democrats feel, because it’s how I felt in 2008 & 2012.” ...

I've posted the following thoughts before , but given that the election is rapidly approaching, I felt like I wanted to re-state th...

This is an excerpt from a sermon delivered at Calvary Presbyterian Church on Octo ber 16, 2016 entitled, " The Power of Christ ....

This Sunday in church, we sang a new hymn. Actually, it's not a new hymn, per se , just a new hymn for our congregation. Its words were ...

If my wife were to tell me that she doesn't feel loved by me, my response ought not to be to share anecdotal and empirical evidence with...

How is faith wrought? By the blessed Spirit; who is called the "Spirit of grace," because he is the spring of all grac...

It was still dark Sunday morning as I drove to church, when my eyes beheld the most beautiful sight. Hanging against the backdrop of a ...

"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God." (Matthew 5:9) With the confluence of the Advent season and ...

"It will be seen that the fundamental difference between various kinds of prayer is in the fundamentally different images of God whi...

Westminster Seminary Bookstore is running a great special right now. Get a case of 40 Bibles for $40 . At our church, we keep a bunch of...

"The prayer for bread in this petition should be allowed to remain, first of all, a prayer for bread. At times in the church's ex...

“But if God knows what things we have need of, before we ask him, where lies the advantage of prayer? If he is ready, of his own free wil...