Plants & Pillars

May our sons in their youth be like plants full grown, our daughters like corner pillars cut for the structure of a palace.

PSALM 144:12

MEET PLANTS & PILLARS

Hey there, welcome to Plants & Pillars! This website is a place where we invite young people to come and visit, read, watch, learn, discuss and engage with us about God and life.

It’s also a place where you will be able read daily devotionals for yourself, find Bible Studies for your youth group, and see a calendar of youth events for all the Free Reformed Churches of North America (FRC).

We hope also that this will be a place where you will not only hear from us, but where you also put questions to us. Questions that maybe you don’t know who to ask, or that you are too embarrassed/shy/scared to ask, or maybe just a question about something that you just would like an answer to. You can anonymously post your question and we will send it to a minister in the FRC to answer, and we’ll post it back to this website.

We are excited to bring you Christian articles and videos from a Reformed perspective and worldview that are Bible-centered and God-glorifying.

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Apr102019

Worship! What Is It Really?

ArticleBy Rev. Lawrence W. Bilkes Leave a comment

Definition of Worship What is worship? It is essentially doxology—a giving of glory, praise, honour, and homage to God. Worship is the tribute which we pay to God, whereby we acknowledge his sovereignty over us and our dependence on him. Worship includes all the inward reverence and respect and all the outward obedience and service…

Apr32019

Ask A Pastor: Why Does It Seem the Bible Condones Slavery?

Ask a PastorBy Rev. John Koopman 1 Comment

The Question: “Why does it seem like the Bible condones slavery? For example Paul told slaves to returns to their masters when they had run away. Was it more of a cultural thing?” The Answer: Thanks for the question. I am glad you say that it seems like the Bible condones slavery. In answering a…

Mar282019

Ask A Pastor: How Do I Live With A Focus on Eternity?

Ask a PastorBy Rev. Willem Klaver Leave a comment

The Question: “How do I live eternally minded in such a distracting and busy time of my life, knowing that my life will just continue to get busier and there are so many things I still want to enjoy? (Ex. Marriage, parenting etc.) How can I long for heaven when it is so easy to…

Mar202019

Ask A Pastor: Why are the Accounts of the Anointing at Bethany so Different?

Ask a PastorBy Rev. Tim Bergsma 2 Comments

The Question: “Why are the accounts of the Anointing at Bethany so different?” The Short Answer: The accounts of the anointing at Bethany are not that different at all. If you mean to add the anointing that happened in Galilee to this, then yes, they are quite different. But that’s a different anointing then…

Mar132019

Ask A Pastor: What is Wrong With Surrogate Motherhood?

Ask a PastorBy Rev. Lawrence J. Bilkes Leave a comment

First, what is it? Surrogate gestational motherhood can be defined as an arrangement where one woman carries a pregnancy to term for another woman who is either unable or unwilling to do so. Why is it around? 1st, there have been many technological advances that have been made in science. This also brings with it…

Mar62019

Communication!

ArticleBy Rev. Lawrence J. Bilkes Leave a comment

The prophet Amos speaks some striking words: “Can two walk together except they be agreed?” (Am. 3:3). You get the picture: in order for two people to walk together, they first have to come together and be willing to share the same path and destination. Otherwise, they won’t keep walking together in the same direction,…