Nicholas Batzig

Rev. Nicholas T. Batzig is the organizing pastor of New Covenant Presbyterian Church in Richmond Hill, Ga. Nick grew up on St. Simons Island, Ga. In 2001 he moved to Greenville, SC where he met his wife Anna, and attended Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary.

Loving Hymns About the Church

Here’s a short recording of Micah, Eli, and Judah singing it with me during one of our times of family worship. I hope that you’ll be encouraged to make hymns about the church part of your worship in the home as well!

Textual Criticism in Preaching Variant Texts in the Bible

In the realm of the theological sciences, no subject is as difficult to navigate as that of Old and New Testament textual criticism. How much should a pastor talk about textual variants when preaching through books of the Bible?

3 Snares of Subtweeting

While it may seem as though subtweeting is a more chartable approach to navigating the world of social media, there are a variety of serious dangers attached to it.

20 Scriptural Benedictions You Can Use to Bless Your Church

Benedictions are divine blessings from Scripture pronounced by the minister in order to equip God’s people as He sends them out into the world to live for Christ.

Praying in Jesus’ Name

It is altogether possible for believers to close their prayer with the words "in Jesus' name" or “in Christ’s name” or “for Christ’s sake” as a sort of mindless mantra.

Beware the Backward Drift

In John Bunyan’s classic, "The Pilgrim's Progress," there is a sobering picture of the experience of apostasy in the lives of those who once professed faith in Christ but who ultimately abandoned that profession.

As Little Truth as Possible?

There is no virtue in being ignorant of the truth of Scripture. In fact, knowledge of God's revelation in the Bible is never frowned upon in Scripture.

Do You Know the Regulative Principle of Worship?

individuals who are serious about the regulative principle of worship put everything into the categories of "good vs. bad" instead of into what we may consider to be "good, better, and best" practices.

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