Jesus, the Prostitutes, and Transgender Outreach

Richard D. Phillips
Mar 6, 2020
The Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), a denomination founded to be faithful to Scripture, the Reformed faith, and the Great Commission, has been rocked yet again, this time by news of transgender-promoting theater performances hosted by Memorial Presbyterian Church of St. Louis. The events were...

Trans Memorial in an Evangelical Chapel?

Zachary Groff
Mar 6, 2020
In the middle of an otherwise peaceful Thursday afternoon, my phone and Facebook newsfeed lit up simultaneously with something that I thought was impossible at this point: yet more surprising PCA-related news out of St. Louis, Missouri. Memorial Presbyterian Church (PCA), the host church of the...

A PCA church is not neutral ground

Todd Pruitt
Mar 5, 2020
I am reporting the following primarily to inform the Ruling Elders and Laity of the PCA of what is happening in our beloved denomination. Remember, as an actual denomination our churches are connectional. That is, we are accountible to one another and our polity prescribes a system of discipline...

The PCA Must Reject God-less Ideologies

Todd Pruitt
Mar 4, 2020
At the risk of being labeled a dreaded "Reformed Fundamentalist" I offer this call for the PCA to reject God-less ideologies such as Critical Theory, Intersectionality and their religious cousin Liberation Theology. I'm honestly shocked that this even has to be said. I spent a rather significant...

Anthropologetically Speaking

Todd Pruitt
Mar 4, 2020
Thanks to Dr. Scott Swain , President of Reformed Theological Seminary Orlando for his recent contribution to the current conversation / debate / fight over the doctrine of man, or biblical anthropology. Given the new controversies surrounding issues like gender and sexuality, some sober well...

The Mystery of Incarnation

Mortification of Spin
Mar 4, 2020
Christ’s incarnation is not solely a topic for discussion at Christmas. So today, the crew explores this great and amazing mystery of Scripture. Were the disciples and others seeing God when they looked at Jesus? The answer to this question reveals much about how one apprehends the doctrine of...
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Parachurch, or Quasi-church?

Terry L. Johnson
Mar 3, 2020
Parachurch organizations have played an important role in my spiritual pilgrimage. At one time or another my spiritual growth has been accelerated by the work of the Row Bible Study at the University of Southern California, Campus Crusade for Christ, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, and the...

Approaches to Revelation

James Boice
Mar 2, 2020
Editor's Note: The following has been adapted with permission from Seven Churches, Four Horsemen, One Lord , a forthcoming title by James Montgomery Boice. To which period of history should John’s prophecy be applied? This is a problem that confronts us early on, because as early as the first...

Making Much of Men

Jeremy Walker
Feb 27, 2020
Whether we are prepared to admit it or not, most of us have 'celebrity pastors,' or at least people to whom we offer a measure of unqualified and uncritical appreciation (or even adulation). We go beyond that properly Berean spirit which "received the word with all eagerness, examining the...
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Touch Not the Lord's Anointed

Mortification of Spin
Feb 26, 2020
The professor, the megachurch pastor, and the housewife theologian (AKA professional potato peeler) gather for a casual chat about a topic that it keeps on giving. Diverse scandals of abuse involving prominent Christian leaders have been occurring quite regularly, a number of which have come from...
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