People ask me what I wish I’d known when I started pastoring. Here are 35 different things. At our church we call them plumblines. Our plumblines serve as guides for decision-making. 1. The gospel is not just the diving board, it’s the pool. Christians grow not by going beyond the gospel, but deeper into the... Continue Reading

Or, as (Judge) Hettenbach wrote — straddling the line between the divine and the earthly — “The Archbishop may own the souls of the wayward St. Stanislaus parishioners, but the St. Stanislaus Parish Corporation owns its own property.” Judge Bryan Hettenbach’s courtroom was quiet Thursday morning as a clerk handed out copies of the judge’s... Continue Reading

“The issue of homosexuality is not going to trouble, at least in a divisive way, those who have a clear and very principled stand on the subject… But if you try to stand in some kind of middle, some kind of artificial neutrality in which you have a policy that isn’t so clearly established upon... Continue Reading

While compassion, patience, and loving support should be shown to all those who struggle to overcome same-sex desires, we also state unequivocally that homosexual behavior is a sin according to the Holy Scriptures. Further, as a violation of Scripture, those persons engaged in the celebration, promotion, blessing, solemnization, or activity of homosexual behavior are subject... Continue Reading

Fractional church means many Christians will now drive out of thier local community, where they know their neighbours; where family circles are tight; etc. to join another fellowship that’s more to their “taste” (used deliberately, because there is no doctrinal distinction between these fellowships). Thanks, but just explain how this helps rural evangelism, where the... Continue Reading

Before retiring in the summer of 2011, the two-star general spent 38 years in the U.S. Army, 27 of them as an Army chaplain. In 2007, he became the first Southern Baptist in 50 years to be promoted to chief of chaplains for the Army, based at the Pentagon. In that post, he was responsible... Continue Reading

…[An idea from a crazy former Moderator of the PCUSA General Assembly…has gotten me interested and involved. (And for the record, he has accepted the title of “crazy” for this and other things.) In case you have not heard the Very Reverend* Bruce Reyes-Chow has too much time on his hands and to give him... Continue Reading

Bishops look set to lose their seats in the House of Lords after 700 years following the intervention of an influential group of MPs and peers. The joint committee on Lords Reform is poised to decide that the 26 bishops who sit in the Upper House should be expelled, because they no longer reflect multicultural... Continue Reading

As a next step, the new name will be presented to the full CRWRC Board of Delegates for their approval in May. It will then go back to the CRCNA Board of Trustees. If approval is obtained, the new name will be presented to Synod 2012 for affirmation. On February 24, 2012 the executive component... Continue Reading

RPM has approached the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America (RPCNA), seeking full organic union. This matter has been referred by the RPCNA Synod to Great Lakes-Gulf Presbytery, which has encouraged the brethren of RPM to get better acquainted with RPCNA congregations. Reformation Presbytery of the Midwest (RPM) has scheduled its annual stated meeting for... Continue Reading