The Pastor’s Study – Spring 2022

In this issue, we focus on 1 Samuel 17, the story of David and Goliath. Dr. Andrew Curry has written a helpful article on how God reveals himself in the story (page 5). I will take you through a short commentary on the story (page 6). I have also written an article on the Lord as our warrior which brings us to the cross-work of Christ (page 9). Rev. Calvin Goligher shows how we can look to David as our example of faith (page 10). We close with a devotional by Rev. John Dyck on David’s service in the small things (page 20).

We have a couple of excellent articles on practical theology in this issue. Mrs. Grace Dunlop encourages us to embrace our weakness, and find strength in God (page 11). Dr. Joel Beeke shares some of John Calvin’s thoughts on piety (page 14). Pastor Tonny Karwa encourages us to preach as clearly as we can, and shows us how (page 16). In our Church History section, Dr. Michael Haykin draws a lesson from the ministry of Thomas Dunscombe on the importance of the Bible (page 18).

Christians, and especially pastors, are called to spiritual warfare (Ephesians 6:10-20). We hope that this study of David’s fight against Goliath will strengthen you in this aspect of our calling.