Doubtless, we are all aware of the growing polarization characteristic of our current cultural moment. The Left and the Right appeal to the politics of fear in an attempt…
May 2018
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Along with my previous article on expository preaching, allow me to approach this short article anecdotally. Earnest prayer has long been dear to me because I found it to…
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ConfessionalTheology
A Neglected Jewel of Discipleship
Recovering the Westminster Larger Catechismby Jon Payne May 17, 2018In the Presbyterian Church in America we celebrate and value our Reformed and Confessional heritage. Our aim since 1973 has been to be “Faithful to the Scriptures, true to…
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ConfessionalTheology
Defending the Faith; Denying the Image
19th Century American Confessional Calvinism in Faithfulness and Failureby J. Ligon Duncan III May 16, 2018Summary: How 19th century Presbyterians simultaneously faithfully defended historic Christian orthodoxy against Enlightenment rationalistic anti-supernaturalism, and accommodated (indeed undergirded) America’s original sin: race-based chattel slavery (and later segregation). The…
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ChurchSanctificationWorship
It’s A Hunger Problem
Making Sense of Spiritual Apathy in the Churchby Jon Payne May 11, 2018A few years ago I was lamenting with a fellow minister about the lack of interest in Lord’s Day piety among Reformed believers, especially as it concerns attendance to…
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I recently finished preaching through First Corinthians. Corinth, of all the churches mentioned in the New Testament, was the train wreck of churches. Wading through the church at Corinth…