The Tulip Driven Life

 This is from Henry's commentary on Titus 2. Notice also his opening words, how the minister should preach discerningly, applying God's word to young and old, male and female, each in their stations and conditions of life. These are perennial and needed words for old and young men alike.  To see Henry's words regarding older and younger women, take this link:  https://tulipdrivenlife.blogspot.com/2025/01/matthew-henry-on-duties-of-older-and.html    "Specially and particularly, he instructs him to apply this sound doctrine to several sorts of persons, from v. 2-10. Ministers must not stay in generals, but must divide to every one his portion, what belongs to his age, or place, or condition of life; they must be particular as well as practical in their preaching; they must teach men their duty, and must teach all and each his duty. Here is an excellent Christian directory, accommodated to the old and to the young; to men and women; to the preacher himself and to s...

  Matthew Henry here in his commentary addresses Titus 2 and Paul's instructions to Titus, to instruct the older and younger women, and for the older women to teach the younger women particularly what pertains to their calling by their natures as female image bearers of God. Henry's words are common in the Reformed history, and really basically all church branches and even among the pagans ordinarily. We are sadly in whacky world on male and female the last 100 years or so, especially since the 1960's. These words may not be popular, but they are perennially true and very much needed to be heard today, for the sake of men and women as we seek to glorify God. As Paul says in Titus 2:5, to despise or disregard this is to blaspheme God's Word. To see Henry's words from Titus 2 to older and younger men, take this link: https://tulipdrivenlife.blogspot.com/2025/01/matthew-henry-on-duties-of-older-and_19.html "To the aged women. These also must be instructed and war...

Handling Wheat & Tares in Home, Church, and State (Applied to Our Present Challenges) What is the rate of major moral and/or theological failure among the Ligonier/G3 conference orbit of speakers? It is quite high sadly, and these conferences were more narrowly purposed as a Christian/theological sort of conference than the more political conferences led mostly by Christians today, such as the one Joel Webbon and company are putting on at the "Christ is King: How to Defeat Trashworld" conference in April 2025.  Theological conferences like Ligonier, etc., were "movements" in their own era, and in their own way. And I am thankful for them for the time and place in which they existed and were useful. Ligonier Ministries still serves as a good introductory purpose for Christians becoming serious about their faith and doctrine. If you focus on gleaning from their online content, you can still get benefit from them, but mostly in the more narrow areas of theology and...