It shall be well with the righteous

"...[Solomon] says, '…yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear...

Grace or Work?

“And if by grace, then it is no more of works: otherwise grace is no...

What time is it?

"Shall we be afraid for Christ’s church or for ourselves personally in this final hour?...

RFPA Update - Fall 2017

RFPA Update - Fall 2017

  Click icon to read the full pdf version. Some of the Articles in this issue:...

God's Word: A Lamp and a Light

The Standard Bearer is devoted to explaining and defending Reformed doctrine, promoting the Reformed life of...

Spiritual Disciplines of the Christian Life: Reading

The Bible commends reading. Reading is a discipline of the Christian life.

Reading as a spiritual discipline is not the same as reading in general. Certainly, reading books on history, science, wars, animals, and economics (the list goes on) is to be recommended, providing they are wholesome. But reading as a spiritual discipline is more focused on explicitly Christian literature, Reformed literature—in short, biblical literature: the Standard Bearer, Beacon Lights, Reformed Free Publishing Association (RFPA) publications, and so many other books and periodicals that promote our growth in godliness. Of course, we read the Bible, too, and that ought to be our main book—but the reading of scripture has been treated in past articles on devotions.

Why do we read? Consider three reasons...

Also, a few reminders about reading are in order...