Plants & Pillars

Ask A Pastor: How Can You Tell The Difference Between The Inner Voice Of God And Satan?

By Rev. Henk Bergsma February 20, 2019

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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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,…

Feb202019

Ask A Pastor: How Can You Tell The Difference Between The Inner Voice Of God And Satan?

Ask a PastorBy Rev. Henk Bergsma Leave a comment

Question: “I am wondering how you can tell the difference between the inner voice of God and of Satan. I know sometimes it’s obvious, but other times I wonder if it’s Satan speaking to me or God. I would appreciate insight on this.” Answer: You speak here of two voices: that of God and of…

Feb132019

Ask A Pastor: Why Do We Gather As A Church Twice For Worship On Sunday?

Ask a PastorBy Rev. Bartel Elshout 2 Comments

The Questions: I was talking to a friend about why I go to church twice a week, and why not once. My question is why go twice, why not once? Or even three times? I think we should WANT to go to church and learn so why not go more often? And why do some…

Feb62019

Ask A Pastor: Suicide and the Church?

Ask a PastorBy Rev. Jan Neels Leave a comment

Question #1: “What resources does the church have for those contemplating suicide?” Answer: If you turn to the dictionary the definition of suicide is: intentional killing of oneself. As Christians let’s biblically define the term ‘suicide.’ The 6th commandment is, “You shall not murder.” In the Heidelberg Catechism’s explanation we confess that included in this,…