Author: Pastor Rich Lusk
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God of My Youth
GOD OF MY YOUTH:INFANT FAITH, INFANT SALVATION, AND COVENANT NURTUREIN THE PSALTER AND PSYCHOLOGY RICH LUSK Introduction: Focusing the Questions Historical Background Our children are a gift from God, which means parenting is a form of stewardship. As John Calvin emphasized, every child is a special blessing from God and every birth is a divine…
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Will the Real Israel Please Stand Up? A Response to Critics
In the last year, I wrote two essays on Israel, one for The Federalist and one for Theopolis. Like all things related to Israel these days, they generated some vigorous responses. In this essay, I want to counter-respond to a couple of critics of my articles. First, Jerry Bowyer pushed back against my Theopolis article…
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Notes on Recent Events: April ’26
X was made for man, not man for X, so I’ve been off the app lately, doing far more important things. But here are a few comments on what were recently “current events” and ongoing discussions while I’ve been away, covering the Pope vs. Trump, Tucker Carlson’s posts on Trump and Islam, Hegseth’s comments on…
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The Lord and Giver of Life
A thread from notes put together in 2018 on the Holy Spirit as the Lord and Giver of Life, and therefore the Lord and Giver of civilization, culture, and prosperity. Given all that has happened since then, some of this will seem dated, but the macrotrends are still largely holding true: The Holy Spirit is…
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The Suffering of God in the Cross of Christ (Sermon Notes/Follow-Up from April 29, 2007)
Rich Lusk Sermon follow-up: I have to admit that the theology of “God crucified” has held my attention for several years now. Indeed, I’ve been mesmerized by it for quite some time. As a result, I’ve done quite a bit of teaching on God’s suffering over the years. Some of that has been recorded and…
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Ministry and Masculinity: Notes For Aspiring/Young Pastors
I was asked to be a panelist for Reformed Evangelical Seminary’s roundtable discussion answering the question, “What is your message to future pastors on the subject of masculinity?” Other panelists included Bill Smith, Aaron Renn, and C. R. Wiley. This is the gist of my presentation (because of time constraints I did not get through…
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A Note on the Real Presence
Few areas of theology caused as much controversy at the time of the Protestant Reformation as that of the way in which Christ is present in the Lord’s Supper. Briefly consider the parameters of this debate and the Reformational answer. On one end of the spectrum, were the Anabaptists (and supposedly Zwingli shared their view,…
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GLOCKS FOR THE FLOCKS: A THEOLOGY OF CHURCH SECURITY AND THE RIGHT OF CONGREGATIONAL DEFENSE
RICH LUSK REFORMED EVANGELICAL SEMINARY PRESENTATION 4/6/26 I am not trained in church security other than having worked in churches where congregational security was taken seriously for the last 30+ years, but I have thought a lot about the biblical principles that ground a congregation’s right to defend itself from an active threat. This is…
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March/April 2026 X Posts and Other Miscellanies: Feminism, Motherhood, Paedocommunion, Half-Way Covenant, Lent/Holy Week, Dawson on Christendom, Race, Crime, Etc.
— Maundy Thursday note: We couldn’t get to God so he came to us – and met us at the most ordinary of locations, the dinner table. — Puritan marriage advice from William Whately: “Love is the life and soul of marriage, without which it differs as much from itself, as a rotten apple from…
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Explaining the Text — Or Explaining It Away?
Far too many modern pastors spend far too much time explaining what the text of the Bible is NOT saying rather than what it IS saying. A few examples: I’ve been in conservative paedobaptist churches where, when an infant gets baptized, the pastor spends far more time explaining what is not happening than what is…
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