The King Has Spoken: I Am With You Always
Do not fear. The One who holds all authority in heaven and earth does not merely send you — He goes with you. He is not directing the mission from a distance. He is present, active, and involved with His people wherever they go and whatever the cost.
Jesus Christ is the Savior King who came to redeem us to God through His death and resurrection so that we might join His mission to gather His people from among the nations. Though we may face resistance, hardship, and even persecution, we are assured of God’s presence, His power, and His ultimate triumph. Matthew... Continue Reading
Episcopal Church Withdrawal?
In ten years The Episcopal Church will sink to below a million members for the first time in a hundred years.
The Episcopal Church in America was never very large, like Methodism or Baptists, but it was, as The Post noted, prestigious beyond its numbers and occupied a unique niche in American Christianity. For that reason, although its decline will continue, it may outlast other Mainline Protestant denominations. The Episcopal Church is selling or leasing... Continue Reading
Why Pastoral Ministry Can Be Difficult
Pastors do not persevere by sheer grit. They persevere through ordinary means of grace – Scripture, prayer, fellowship, repentance, rest, and the hope of Christ’s return.
A congregation sees the sermon on Sunday, but not the hours of study, prayer, and wrestling beforehand. They may notice a hospital visit, but not the many quiet phone calls, follow-up conversations, and intercessory prayers. They benefit from the church’s spiritual health without seeing the behind-the-scenes work of planning, conflict resolution, discipleship, and administration. This... Continue Reading
Why A Woman Serving as Senior Warden in the Anglican Church Is Analogous to the Office of Ruling Elder Though It Is “Lay Ministry” and Not Ordained
The question before us is not her character, but whether the specific authority exercised in the Senior Warden role aligns with the biblical qualifications for elder-like oversight.
We have an invisible wall of distinction between ordained ministers and the other offices. The Anglicans shape their clerical office by separating the clerical and lay offices through the use of the terms “ordained” and “commissioned,” and we do not. We ordain every officer, lay or not, and this should not confuse us as to... Continue Reading
What in the PC(USA) Is Going On?
The church does not love the world by lying to it.
Denominations do not wake up one morning debating monogamy by accident. The road from one compromise to another is not always straight and every church that stumbles in one place does not arrive at the same cliff by sundown. Still, the habit of compromise is real. Once a church learns to set aside Scripture in... Continue Reading
Is Mormonism Christian? The Pentagon’s List Made Everyone Pick a Side
"The fundamental beliefs of Mormonism about Jesus and Scripture are not the same as historic, orthodox Christianity".
The most common claim from Mormons was that Christian is in the name, as in “The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,” and that the doctrinal differences are secondary. However, using the same vocabulary does not mean we are using the same dictionary. When it comes to the contrast between Mormonism and Christianity, the differences make all the difference in the world. On Monday, the Pentagon announced... Continue Reading
A Letter to a Discouraged Pastor
You gotta love the church. You can’t love Christ and despise His body.
Our Lord described the church as an institution that included both tares and wheat. Sometimes the tares gain the upper hand and lead the church into apostasy. Some churches have degenerated to such a low degree that they cease being churches at all. But no church in any age has been utterly pure. It was... Continue Reading
ARP Votes to Cut Fraternal Ties With EPC
The Synod action ended a fraternal relationship that began in 1985.
Rev. Ben Glaser, who served as chair of the Inter-Church Relations committee of the ARP, wrote…”Our Synod had sent several letters of concern, and had met with representatives of the EPC, about the rising rigidity of the EPC on women’s ordination, charismatic gifts, centralizing of institutional authority, and the recent flirting with Side B Christianity.”... Continue Reading
Celebrating 90 Years of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church
The OPC and the PCA are close siblings, tightly bound together by ancestry (ecumenical creeds, Reformation solas, Calvin and Knox) and shared confession (the Westminster Standards).
We who serve our sovereign Savior in the PCA shall be eternally grateful for our brothers and sisters who serve him in the OPC. Together we belong to the one body of Christ, are filled with the one Spirit of God, and rest in the grace of our one God and Father. Today, the Presbyterian Church... Continue Reading
Florida Pastor Willy Rice Elected SBC President
Rice’s win is a triumph for critics who argue the SBC has lost its way in recent years.
“Willy Rice’s election proves that there is an appetite in the SBC for real conservative reform and renewal,” William Wolfe told RNS in an interview. “We believe his victory is a major vindication of the issues we have addressed and fought for over the last few years in the SBC.” ORLANDO, Fla. (RNS)—Willy Rice,... Continue Reading
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