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Our denomination’s General Assembly (GA) will meet soon, from June 28th-July 2nd. The General Assembly is the highest court of the Presbyterian Church in America in that it is an assembling of the ruling and teaching elders (pastors) of the denomination to worship God, and vote on important matters concerning the life of the Church. …
A fellow TE in the PCA has posted a very generous and accurate response to an “open letter” (written by a non-disclosed party) that is circulating in the PCA. Check it out here: https://www.reformation21.org/blog/honest-thoughts-on-the-open-letter
Biblical compassion is an attitude and choice that a Christian does in the context of a fallen world. Because the world is fallen, there are people who are hurt, and need our compassion. Because the world is fallen, there are people who will be angered by our faith, and they too need our compassion. One…
Christians Get Depressed Too by David P. Murray My rating: 5 of 5 stars We’ve endured a difficult season in the life of our nation, our families, and our Church. Not surprisingly, then, some recent studies suggest that rates of depression have increased exponentially during the last year or so. Indeed, I myself have struggled…
We’ve been working through 1 Corinthians in our evening sermon series at my Church. I’m thinking back through a previous passage I preached on, and ran across this quote by Calvin. It is really excellent, and so I thought I’d put it up here. The natural arts and all the sciences by which wisdom is…
Some merchandise now for sale on RedBubble–focusing on pro-life and generally politically incorrect themes for the moment.
A quote from the Lutheran scholar, David Chytraeus, on how elders have always been elders, Now the fact that, afterward, ministers were distinguished from one another by degrees–this was a human contrivance for the sake of order. Jerome, in his letter to Evangelus, addresses this matter at length, arguing that priests and bishops are the…
George Smeaton has a beautiful section in his work, “Christ’s Doctrine of the Atonement” on how the atonement denudes Satan of his power. He suggests that in the atonement, Christ merited the right to His current rule of the world of mankind as the God-man, as well as the right to subdue Satan’s reign. I’ll…
Continued from part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, and part 6. We’ve discussed, in great detail, Vermigli’s views and how they relate to Reformed. But what does that have to do with the current discussion of sexuality in the PCA? Contemporary & Confessional Discussion Contemporary Language about Sexuality There are three…