Nicholas T. Batzig

One of my favorite things to do when leading a worship service is getting to pronounce the benediction over the congregation at... Read More

My father, Art Batzig, started showing signs of dementia two and a half years ago. He died this morning after a long... Read More

Whenever I carry out pre-marital counseling sessions with a young couple in the church, I dedicate a portion of the counselling to... Read More

When I proposed to Anna in 2003, she gifted me a small, leather bound, antiquarian copy of Thomas Brooks’ The Unsearchable Riches of... Read More

I was voicing a complaint to a friend about the opposition I was experiencing in ministry: “Why is this happening? I didn’t... Read More

There is something breathtakingly wonderful when we stand at the top of a peak of a mountain and overlook the valleys and... Read More

The account of Cain and Abel (Gen. 4:1–16) is one of the most instructive portions of Scripture––not simply because it is the... Read More

When I was a boy, my parents frequently quoted various Scriptures to my sister and me when they overheard us arguing with... Read More

As we find ourselves in yet another nativity season, it is right for us to reflect on the many lessons from the... Read More

The science of hermeneutics (i.e., principles of interpretation) is among the most rewarding branches of all theological studies. Something wonderful results from... Read More