Wine & the PMF rule of healthful drinking
Friends, The Bible mentions wine a lot. Consider: Prov. 20:1; Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise. John 2:9-10; When the master of the feast tasted the water now…
Emergency Response: Report from Food for the Hungry
Ben Homan, President of Food for the Hungry, preached at All Saints earlier this spring. He recently sent the following update to us concerning the cyclone disaster in Myanmar. Food for the Hungry has been serving the church in Myanmar…
Redefining an old problem: A review of Atonement by R. Greg Grooms
In The Death of Satan: How Americans have lost the sense of evil Andrew Delbanco puts a new spin on an old problem: "A gulf has opened up in our culture between the visibility of evil and the intellectual resources…
Denominational Renewal
A few weeks ago Bill took part in A Conversation on Denominational Renewal in St. Louis. He joined a handful of other PCA pastors, each addressing a different aspect of their hopes for the church. Bill spoke on Worship, and…
Community New Start Easter Celebration
All Saints volunteers recently helped with the Community New Start Easter celebration at Pickle Elementary. Laura Gomez was one of the volunteers who helped with the party, and she shares the following thoughts about her experience."Let the little children come…
Thanksgiving & Hospitality
I was in Chicago this past weekend for an early bachelor party for a friend who is getting married in July. After nearly dying of wind chill (which I didn’t think possible until I was in the Windy City itself)…
Election in Christ
“Honor your father and mother that it might go well with you in the land the LORD your God is giving you…” Exodus 20 Joe Rightmyer is a father in the faith. He served for nine years as co-founder and…