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What is the OPC?
This is our first Friday of the month look at one of the booklets that are provided by The Committee on Christian Education of the...

Todd Smith
Mar 3, 20173 min read
With Reverence and Awe, Chapter 5
(A review of the book, “With Reverence and Awe, Returning to the Basics of Reformed Worship” by D. G. Hart and John R. Muether. Remember...

Todd Smith
Feb 24, 20173 min read
With Reverence and Awe, Chapter 4
(A review of the book, “With Reverence and Awe, Returning to the Basics of Reformed Worship” by D. G. Hart and John R. Muether. Remember...

Todd Smith
Feb 17, 20173 min read
With Reverence and Awe, Chapter 3
(A review of the book, “With Reverence and Awe, Returning to the Basics of Reformed Worship” by D. G. Hart and John R. Muether. Remember...

Todd Smith
Feb 10, 20173 min read
What is the Reformed Faith
If you remember from the first Friday in January —This year, on the first Friday of the month, I am sharing some resources that you may...

Todd Smith
Feb 3, 20173 min read
With Reverence and Awe, Chapter 2
(A review of the book, “With Reverence and Awe, Returning to the Basics of Reformed Worship by D. G. Hart and John R. Muether. Remember...

Todd Smith
Jan 27, 20174 min read
Inauguration Day
(Next week we’ll get back to our study on Worship. Today I had a few thoughts regarding today’s Inauguration.) Somehow I cannot imagine...

Todd Smith
Jan 20, 20173 min read
With Reverence and Awe, Chapter 1
I want to recommend another resource for study on worship— the book, “With Reverence and Awe, Returning to the Basics of Reformed...

Todd Smith
Jan 13, 20173 min read
Helps for Worship
This year, on the first Friday of the month, I want to share with you some resources that you may use, either for your own growth and...

Todd Smith
Jan 6, 20172 min read
Are You Ready for Death?
In the last few days, the headlines have been filled with celebrity deaths. I am not sure if we are more aware of those who die at the...

Todd Smith
Dec 30, 20163 min read
Your Presents or Your Presence
In Reformed circles we are very familiar with the first question of the Westminster Shorter Catechism: Q. 1 What is the chief end of...

Todd Smith
Dec 23, 20163 min read
Taming the Tongue
On Sunday as we began to look at the ninth commandment, “Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor,” we looked at the letter...

Todd Smith
Dec 2, 20162 min read
Giving Thanks
Each year it saddens me how I fail to give thanks as I should, both as much as I should and as often as I should. I am thankful that we...

Todd Smith
Nov 25, 20163 min read
Proper Fear
We live in a world where fear is commonplace, but it is not always proper fear. Both before and after the election we have heard a lot...

Todd Smith
Nov 18, 20164 min read
Post Election
Well, the 2016 Presidential election in the United States is over. Now what? Every four years we have a stark reminder of the great...

Todd Smith
Nov 11, 20163 min read
Celebrating Holidays in Light of the Ten Commandments
In thinking of holidays we have to separate the modern usage of the word with its original definition. In 1828 in Webster’s original...

Todd Smith
Nov 4, 20165 min read
Why We Are Presbyterian, Part 5
Why are we Presbyterians? Because we are Confessional vs Emotional. Depending on how much you have been influenced by the emotionalism...

Todd Smith
Oct 28, 20165 min read
Why We Are Presbyterian, Part 4
Why are we Presbyterians? Because we are Reformed vs. Arminian in our Soteriology. Soteriology simply means, “the study of salvation.” ...

Todd Smith
Oct 21, 20163 min read
Why We Are Presbyterian, Part 3
Why are we Presbyterians? Because we are Covenantal vs Individualistic. Much of American Christianity is individualistic. I attend a...

Todd Smith
Oct 14, 20165 min read
Why We Are Presbyterian, Part 2
Why are we Presbyterians? Because we are “presbyterian” in our “Ecclesiastical Polity”. “Ecclesiastical Polity” is one of those fifty...

Todd Smith
Oct 7, 20164 min read
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