Revoice, The Culture War, and the Friend/Enemy Distinction
The friend/enemy distinction is a kind of mental mapping, a shorthand by which we make sense of the chaos around us, determining whom we can trust and how best to deploy our limited powers of empathy and of resistance.
Consider: on any political or theological question, there are generally a vast range of possible positions that could coherently be taken, which might be mapped on a relatively smooth spectrum from “most liberal” to “most conservative.” But most of us eschew the complexity of this mapping, with all the ifs, ands, and buts that it... Continue Reading
10 Things You Should Know About the First Great Awakening / Second Phase (1740-42)
Throughout the revivals and well into their aftermath Edwards consistently defended the work as being, in general, of divine origin.
In his treatise, Religious Affections, Edwards argues, against Chauncy, that true religion consists not merely of a “notional” understanding and cognitive acquiescence to truth, but of a “sense of the heart” in which lively and vigorous affections of love and delight and joy and peace and yearning are in evidence. Such affections, said Edwards, may be... Continue Reading
LGBT+ Rebellion Spreads In The Presbyterian Church In America
Another PCA church promotes LGBT+ flourishing and “queer Christianity”
The weekend of January 25-27th, Nate Collins and Stephen Moss—two key leaders of Revoice—will be making a trip to Seattle and to our church specifically. In addition to giving a brief snapshot of Revoice during worship, Nate and Stephen will take part in a panel discussion on Sunday during Christian Formation Hour on Sunday, January... Continue Reading
Greenville Seminary Establishes Bible Presbyterian Church Scholarship Fund
Endowed scholarship will cover full tuition and fees for one student per year.
The Seminary also offers several other named scholarships: International Student Scholarships, Reformed University Fellowship (RUF) & Student Ministry Fellows Awards, and the John & Mildred Van Voorhis Endowed Scholarship. The Seminary offers financial aid to students from regularly supporting students through its Church Waiver Program as well. Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary (GPTS) has announced... Continue Reading
A Father’s Story: My Child Hooked on Porn
I reached out and embraced my boy, whom I later learned had been sucked in by the power of pornography for a long time.
The computer’s browser history included sites with extremely graphic sexual videos. Although I was shaken up by the content, I was determined to find out who in our family was drowning in this stuff. I don’t really know why, but I suspected that it was my youngest: my 10-year old son. It was halftime several... Continue Reading
Why Preaching?
Preaching is the pastor's indispensable task, his most paramount duty, and his most consequential and urgent job assignment.
It is not just that the pastor must preach, but that he must preach the Word. This is best accomplished through biblical exposition. But, before we get there, we must ask the important question of “why preaching?” The determination to preach the Word is first a theological commitment. We preach the Word because the Word is... Continue Reading
10 Things You Should Know About the First Great Awakening / First Phase (1734-36)
“Many, while their minds have been filled with spiritual delights, have as it were forgot their food; their bodily appetite has failed, while their minds have been entertained with meat to eat that others knew not of.”
Edwards was duly impressed with the unparalleled joy of many, which often expressed itself in “earnest longings of soul to praise God” (47). Others expressed a new love for the Bible: “Some, by reason of their love to God’s word, at times have been wonderfully delighted and affected at the sight of a Bible; and... Continue Reading
The Countries Where It’s Most Dangerous to Be a Christian in 2019
Countries are ranked by the severity of persecution of Christians, calculated by analyzing the level of violent persecution plus the pressure experienced in five spheres of life: church, national, community, family, and private.
During the World Watch List 2019 reporting period, in the top 50 countries, a total of 1,266 churches or Christian buildings were attacked; 2,635 Christians were detained without trial, arrested, sentenced and imprisoned; and 4,136 Christians were killed for faith-related reasons. On average, that’s 11 Christians killed every day for their faith. One in... Continue Reading
Philippians Resolutions: Philippians 1:15
Ultimately, even aside from all of this, envy is a distrust of Christ.
We are ignorant, many times, of what God did to that worker to make them fit for service. The group in Philippians 1:15 may have envied Paul’s platform, but it is doubtful they envied his prison cell. Paul’s name was on many lips in a joyous tone, but did they want the hatred of those... Continue Reading
Worship Myth: Worship Must Be Spontaneous
I think careless, casual, impromptu worship is the greatest scandal in the American church.
Because corporate liturgy is a time of disciplined prayer, it is important that what we pray is refined, elegant, and elevated in structure, verbiage, and tone. Extemporaneous expression, even with the best intention, creates apertures in our liturgical architecture through which human error enters our worship. Neither praise nor worship have a style. They... Continue Reading
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