The following is a based on a portion of Pastor Carl Robbins’ lecture “15 Lessons on Church Discipline,” and can be found in that video, beginning at the 16:02…
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ChurchConfessionalMinistryWorship
Three Presbyterian Convictions: Psalms, Sabbath, & the Rejection of Images
by Jacob Gerber March 31, 2022Within wider Christianity, Presbyterians are often labeled—and sometimes dismissed—as traditionalists. This label may seem to explain some aspects of Presbyterian piety, but not all. When Christians outside of Reformed…
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ChurchConfessionalLeadershipMinistry
Reality Check & the Future of the PCA
by Jon Payne February 24, 2022The Book of Church Order (BCO) amendments that many hoped would guard the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) from further infiltration of Revoice/Side B Gay doctrine were officially defeated.…
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ChurchConfessionalLeadershipMinistrySanctificationUncategorized
Rise Up, Man!
A Call to Young Eldersby Jim McCarthy February 15, 2022In 1643, George Gillespie traveled to London as one of the eleven Scots chosen to participate in the Westminster Assembly. Initially tasked by Parliament to revise the 39 Articles…
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ChurchConfessionalMinistryWorship
The Importance of Gathering for Worship
by Jon Payne January 18, 2022Is gathered (in-person) worship optional for Christians? The question is a profoundly relevant one, especially in our day of endless online services and superficial views of public worship. The…
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ChurchLeadershipMinistryTheology
A Review of Greg Johnson’s New Book: “Still Time to Care”
by Jonathan Master December 6, 2021Greg Johnson, Still Time to Care: What We Can Learn from the Church’s Failed Attempt to Cure Homosexuality. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2021. Hbk, 304 pp. ISBN: 9780310140931. $25.99 Greg…
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ChurchConfessionalLeadershipMissionSanctification
Should We Stay or Should We Go?
by Jon Payne November 16, 2021It’s a question that more than a few PCA elders and members are asking right now. The recent Standing Judicial Commission’s (SJC) decision to reject the complaint against Missouri…
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ChurchConfessionalFamilyMinistry
Prodigal Children & the Blessing of Baptism
by Jason Helopoulos October 14, 2021The best testimonies of Christian faith are sometimes the most boring ones. Often it is the drug-addicted, philandering sluggard who is converted to Christ who receives the most attention—and…
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ChurchConfessionalLeadership
Five Reasons Why I’m Voting for Overture 37
by Richard Phillips September 30, 2021Overture 37 from the 2021 PCA General Assembly (approved as amended by a substantial majority of commissioners) proposes a change to the Book of Church Order (BCO) in Chapters…
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GRN Meeting of Concerned Presbyterians
by GRN September 24, 2021The 48th PCA General Assembly was a very encouraging one, especially for those committed to an unapologetically Reformed, Confessional, and Presbyterian vision for our almost half-century-old denomination. The Gospel…