Strategic Planning or Spiritual Power?
Is the basis of our ministry our self-reliance, our self-will, our self-determination, or is it the power of the Holy Spirit?
This twinge of fear was the latest in a long line of red flags that as a church, the PCA is less and less confident in the power of the Holy Spirit, and more and more reliant upon the wisdom of the age; less and less committed to Christ’s design for the church, and more... Continue Reading
The Way It Really Was in the PCA in 1973
Ruminations of the status of the PCA of a signer of it founding charter at the first General Assembly in Birmingham in 1973
The conservative element in the local PCUS presbyteries had become generically evangelical, or in some cases fundamentalist. Most ruling elders in the majority of conservative churches had never read the Westminster Confession of Faith. Actually, I don’t think many of them even knew it existed. It’s an embarrassing fact, but it is true! ... Continue Reading
A Response to Leithart’s “Staying Put”
Should he stay put or go?
He states that his primary reason is theological. I wonder about that. Put simply, his primary reason seems to be that since we don’t know what the church of the future will look like, he will stay put for now, because God is constantly overturning our expectations. Over at First Things, Peter Leithart has... Continue Reading
Tribal Congregationalism and the Future of the PCA
Tribal congregationalism: Where particular errors find toleration in specific Presbyteries that remain unaccountable to the denomination as a whole
That welcoming of sinners from diverse national, ethnic, economic, etc., backgrounds won’t break the PCA. Rather, by God’s grace that people-diversity will strengthen His Church. What WILL break the PCA is the diversity of theology and worship beyond the bounds of our Constitution and the regulative principle, both firmly based on Scripture, now found and... Continue Reading
Churches, Cage Matches and the Schlep
Schlep: The semantic range includes designating a person to be generally useless; more commonly it means a slow, arduous and sometimes tedious journey
The schlepping church is frequently dull, often goofy and almost always a step (or a lot more) behind cultural trends. But to paraphrase George Bailey the schlepping church has done most of the working and paying and living and dying in Christ’s Kingdom. Growing up in a Jewish neighborhood meant that even among the goyim common... Continue Reading
Former Covenant Life Church Leader Convicted of Child Molestation
Until last year, Covenant Life was a member of Sovereign Grace Ministries, which has faced accusations of covering up child abuse in several of its member congregations
Child advocacy groups said the pastoral team at Covenant Life helped enable Morales’ abuse by not reporting allegations to the police in the mid 1990s. Morales disappeared shortly after his victims told their parents what was going on, but he later went on to work as a pastor in Las Vegas and married a woman... Continue Reading
Kirk of the Hills Church Ordered To Pay $2 million in Child Abuse Case
A jury finds a Tulsa church endangered children; awards family a $2 million judgment
“A statement released Saturday night by Kirk of the Hills says: “We are humbled by the jury’s recent decision. Our hearts go out to the family and to the child. For over 40 years we’ve provided a loving, caring, Christ-centered environment for children. This has been our number one priority. In the coming weeks our... Continue Reading
The Shameful Racism of the Presbyterian Church (USA)
The PCUSA has disseminated racist tracts and shunned a leader who had the audacity to visit Israel in cooperation with mainstream Jewish groups
“Jews and all Christians and people of faith who truly care about peace should make it clear that so long as the Presbyterian Church USA is waging war on the Jews, they will treat it as a hate group masquerading as a community of faith.” As a Presbyterian, albeit a member of the Presbyterian Church... Continue Reading
5 Reasons It Might Be Time to Leave the Presbyterian Church in America
A resolution adopted by the Session of Providence PCA, Fayetteville, NC, at its stated meeting on May 10, 2014
In order to safeguard the integrity of our congregation and maintain the kind of true biblical accountability and connectionalism prescribed in the New Testament, the session of Providence Presbyterian Church has decided to prayerfully begin the process of investigating other denominations to determine if we should affiliate with them. The session believes that this search... Continue Reading
To My Fellow Millenials: Christian Persecution is a Social Justice Issue
Among Millennials, the term “persecution” is a dirty word when applied to Christians.
Millennial evangelicals have big hearts. We know that social justice is an important facet of Christianity. So why are we ignoring the voices of our brothers and sisters in Christ who are being harassed, kidnapped, arrested, beaten, beheaded, and burned alive for their faith? Did you ever imagine a hashtag could help spread the... Continue Reading
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