A Sheep Speaks: A Testimony to the National Partnership, Part Three
He who engages in denominational politics, regardless of his faction, must heed the danger of activism; getting bogged down with politicking adversely harms the common work of ministry.
And so also do some say that such people in our own midst experience this lust unchosen, that it is largely fixed and unlikely to ever dissipate in this life, and that it would be unfair to deprive them of participation in something that others are allowed to experience. You seem to accept this position,... Continue Reading
Social Injustice & Civil Wrongs
Critical race theory is coming to a school near you—to your high schools, to your middle schools, even to your elementary schools (the universities have already been thick with CRT for years).
There is a difference between CRT as an explanatory paradigm (remember, the “T” stands for “Theory”) and racism as a reality. Classically understood, racism is a kind of group bigotry. CRT, by contrast, looks at power structures in cultures to explain why that bigotry and the inequity it causes exist and how they operate within... Continue Reading
Compromise Comes into the Church
Can two continue to walk together if they are not in agreement?
In the same sense, why does a minority insist on allowing the false teaching of ordaining self-described homosexual men to be pastors and church officers in the PCA? Why don’t they simply seek ordination and service in a denomination that is already set up to welcome them? In 1967 the Presbyterian Church in the... Continue Reading
A Sheep Speaks: A Testimony to the National Partnership, Part Two
Apologize also for the offense you have caused your brethren and extol others to not follow in the way of your wrongdoing.
In your reaction against others in the denomination you have given yourselves to a form of organization and methods that are not acceptable, and now the only way that you can you remove the offense of your unjustified secret political machinations is by openly repenting of them. Write a letter and post it at A... Continue Reading
Living in a “Trans” World
Jordan Peterson sounds the alarm on lowering standards to pacify progressivism.
We truly do live in a “trans” world. Not so much the trans of the LGBTQ movement but rather the trans of 19th-century philosopher (and harbinger of postmodern anarchy) Nietzsche’s so-called transvaluation of all values. Once the foundation of traditional values has been destroyed, there is, Nietzsche declared, a need for such transvaluation: That which... Continue Reading
A Sheep Speaks: A Testimony to the National Partnership, Part One
He who uses craft and secrecy can little object if others do so more adeptly in response.
Now in discussing this we come to the question of the email leak and to the objection that it was an unlawful act of trafficking in confidential intellectual property that discredits the leaker and makes any criticism of you that is built upon the leaked materials illegitimate. The leak was unsavory, and on its first... Continue Reading
Standing in the PCA
Rather than leave the PCA, take proactive and positive steps to strengthen the PCA.
We have seen over the last several years the results of a small, secretive, but well-organized group operating in the shadows. But imagine the benefit to the PCA if a large group of elders became engaged in the courts of the church and openly worked toward promoting faithfulness to the historic truths and the warm, biblical piety... Continue Reading
Three Things Parents Must Do in the Gender Debate
As gender confusion plays out in the public sphere, the most significant price is paid by children and youth.
The primary means of transforming culture is through the family. Families focused on the three things suggested here will be strong, and our civilization will reflect this standard. We didn’t get to this point in time overnight, and we won’t get out of it overnight. It will take time. In the meantime, the most important... Continue Reading
Identity and Obedience in Revoice 2021
People should not be called “straight Christians” any more than they should be called “Gay Christians.” Revoice’s embrace of those categories sets them at odds with the Bible’s teaching on identity.
I fear that rather than establishing a faithful path for Christians, Revoice is precipitating a grievous division in the American church. They do this first by grounding their reading of the Scriptures in secular ideology, second by insisting the disagreements about identity are purely semantic, and third by claiming to uphold a biblical sexual ethic... Continue Reading
It’s Not Time to Leave
Issues that have been under the surface are now coming to the forefront. We are deciding which way to go, and that takes time.
The fact that we have reached a crossroads is a good thing. It indicates the divisions that mostly remained out of sight except occasionally (e.g. during the 2010 proposed “Strategic Plan” or sometimes during the Review of Presbytery Records Report) are now staying in the forefront of the discussion. As we wait to see... Continue Reading
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