Editor’s Note: This is part 2 of Dr. Garner’s article. Part 1 may be accessed here. The frequent and urgent biblical cries to sobriety expose the danger of the…
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Reading the Word
A Series on The Westminster Larger Catechism Q&A 154-160by Steve Tipton July 11, 2018Editor’s Note: This is part 3 of a 10 part series on Westminster Larger Catechism Question and Answers 154-160. One of the surest ways to misinterpret a document is…
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Francis Grimke’s Practical Advice for Preachers
by Caleb Cangelosi June 23, 2018The death of a wife of thirty-six years has a way of making a man reflective. The waning of a fifty-year pulpit ministry has a similar effect. Combine these…
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Defending the Faith; Denying the Image
19th Century American Confessional Calvinism in Faithfulness and Failureby Ligon Duncan 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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Why Does God Ordain Suffering?
A Puritan's Responseby Brian Cosby March 30, 2018The Church today needs a robust and refreshingly biblical theology of suffering and it would behoove us to consider the voices of the past—in particular, the Puritans. They not…
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An Indelible Mark
Is the Shorter Catechism Worthwhile?by Confex Makhalira February 28, 2018In his essay, “Is the Shorter Catechism Worthwhile,” Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield argues for the importance of the Westminster Shorter Catechism by stating that the catechism always leaves an indelible…
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Who’s Who in the Church
Understanding the Differences Between Senior, Associate, and Assistant Pastorsby Fred Greco February 13, 2018What is the difference between different types of pastors? Why are there different titles for pastors in the Presbyterian Church in American (PCA)? It can be quite confusing, especially…
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We are living in a confused and confusing time for confessional Christians (Christians who are anchored by a public and corporate theological commitment to be faithful to the Bible’s…
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Article I – Legalism is a Real Problem We affirm that legalism is a dangerous problem that the church must always address. We deny that legalism is the primary…