I’ve been the beneficiary of some really, really good critics. I never once felt insulted by them and they immediately put me at ease, even while correcting me. Along with every other human being alive, I struggle to receive criticism well. But the beauty of salvation by God’s grace alone is that I am now... Continue Reading

Located in Wesley Chapel, south of Charlotte, Siler Presbyterian Church was granted its gracious dismissal from the PCUSA by the Presbytery of Charlotte and affiliated with the Evangelical Presbyterian Church in the fall of 2012…. Troy Presbyterian Church, located in Montgomery County east of Charlotte, was dismissed following a unanimous quorum vote of the congregation... Continue Reading

The Complainant alleged that TE Leithart’s views strike at the fundamentals of the system of doctrine. Members of the SJC did express concerns about some of TE Leithart’s formulations as they related to the Westminster Standards. It is clear that, at least at some points, Presbytery recognized some of these concerns.   The Standing Judicial... Continue Reading

Conservative opponents of same-sex marriage have long used the slippery-slope argument: If states are permitted to let two men or two women marry, then what’s to stop them from giving the same privilege to two men and one woman, or two women and one man? Or six? Or 12? Once you legitimize same-sex marriage, sociologist... Continue Reading

Founded in 1847, the church has been a pillar of the community in Baldwin County – 30 miles northeast of Mobile – throughout its history. Headrick said the small-town church is located in a conservative community that doesn’t even have a traffic light. That conservative stance is what led the congregation to seek dismissal from... Continue Reading

In his excellent book, Without a Doubt, Ken Samples provides a brief list of Scripture texts which attest to the deity of Jesus Christ. This list, as Ken notes, is incomplete, but it is a good start. Here are some texts you may want to study for the next time you encounter a proponent of... Continue Reading

We must not be ignorant: “There will be false teachers among you” (2:1). So how do we apply this warning? First, Peter’s plain statement reminds us that the church needs to be protected. Among the many wonderful people who come to through the doors of the church each year, some would do more harm than... Continue Reading

Not that we must be theologians, able to grapple learnedly with all heresies or controversies; but we should be well read in our Bibles, and able to do what Aquila and Priscilla did to Apollos. Elders should be men to a certain extent “established, strengthened, settled” (1 Peter 5:10), not “novices”, whom the elevation to... Continue Reading

We would prefer the term confidential to secretive. By restricting conversations to the official role we want to instill confidence that things communicated will be understood in whole. Part of the culture of discourse everywhere (not just the PCA) includes an unwillingness to communicate dissenting views with charity. We want to do our best to... Continue Reading

With less than 60% of the 80 Presbyteries in the PCA represented at the annual Spring meeting of the Nominating Committee, held at an Atlanta Airport area hotel on Saturday, March 16, a major change in the membership of the denominations ‘Supreme Court’ has been recommended to the 41st General Assembly.   Each Presbytery in... Continue Reading