Repentance: One of the 3 R's

In days gone by, educators used to speak of the foundation of a good education as reading, writing and arithmetic, the 3 R’s. These were considered to be basic life skills that every person needed to possess in order to succeed in life. In his letter to the church at Ephesus the Lord Jesus, through the apostle John, speaks of another 3 R’s that will enable us to keep Him first in our lives. The 3 R’s of ...

Fasting from Criticism: A Lenten Experiment

Catherine Marshall, wife of Presbyterian minister Peter Marshall, wrote a large number of books on prayer and spirituality after her husband died. In her book, A Closer Walk, she writes of an experience that the Lord took her through that broadened her understanding of fasting and brought about revelations that she never could have imagined. The following are a few selected excerpts that provide a sense of her experience and the ...


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