How to Grow Spiritually
Many people miss God’s plan for their spiritual growth—diligent attendance to the means of grace
“We will never outgrow God’s plan for our growth. Neglecting the means of grace can only result in spiritual loss. The sad irony is that those who neglect the means of grace and thus spiritually deteriorate are often unable to understand why they have so degenerated. They’ve become so spiritually anemic that they no longer... Continue Reading
Rev. Jamie Hunt Voted Moderator-elect for ARP 2015 Synod
The Synod of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church met at June 10-11, 2014
At the conclusion of the Synod of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (ARP), Rev. Jamie Hunt was elected as Moderator-elect for the 2015 Synod. Hunt is pastor of Coddle Creek ARP Church, Mooresville, N.C., and will be retiring in three weeks after serving there for 33 years. Rev. Boyce Wilson nominated Hunt for Moderator-elect. “We... Continue Reading
Southern Baptists Oppose Gender Reassignment
Southern Baptists adopted a statement affirming the creation of “two distinct and complementary sexes.”
The delegates, known as “messengers,” affirmed “God’s good design that gender identity is determined by biological sex and not by one’s self-perception.” They added that they had compassion for people with gender conflicts, called them “image-bearers of Almighty God” and condemned “acts of abuse or bullying committed against them.” BALTIMORE (RNS) Pushing back against... Continue Reading
PCA Evangel Presbytery Asks Peter Leithart’s Presbytery to Deal with His Ministry Status
Evangel says that TE Leithart is laboring within the bounds of Evangel Presbytery without permission of his Presbytery
We write concerning TE Peter Leithart, a member of your presbytery. TE Leithart resides and labors within the geographical bounds of Evangel Presbytery as the Director of Trinity House Institute and is installed as a teacher at Trinity Presbyterian Church of the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches (CREC) in Birmingham, AL through prayer and the... Continue Reading
Clarifications on the ‘Evening of Confessional Concern and Prayer’ at the PCA General Assembly
What to expect at the ‘Evening of Confessional Concern and Prayer’
The four issues (Standing Judicial Commission, the Role of Women, Views on Creation, and the Insider Movements Study Report) were chosen because of the level of discussion and number of overtures these topics have generated. We are not advocating for or against any particular overture. Dear PCA Brothers of Good Will, Whatever Stripe or... Continue Reading
10 Personalities that Have No Place in Christian Marriage
Thoughts on how not to behave in marriage
Dictator: Christian marriage is not to be domineered by one spouse or the other. The husband is the head of the marriage union (Eph. 5), but he is not its king. Both the husband and the wife serve one single King. He dictates the rules, character, and purpose for this relationship. Whether our inclination is to... Continue Reading
Top 3 Reasons Cults of Christianity Thrive
Why do they survive? Well, in part, because of what they offer.
First, the cults offer special knowledge. When we look back to Genesis 3, Satan’s temptation was “you will be like God.” This appeals to fleshly pride, even among Christians. We will always struggle with this. But the cults cultivate this call to human pride because they put forth “special” knowledge, that only they will and the... Continue Reading
Did Jesus Claim to be God?
A Response to Bart Ehrman (Part 3)
Not surprisingly, one of the major tenets in Ehrman’s argument is that Jesus never considered himself to be God, nor ever claimed to be God. In order to make his case, Ehrman summarizes his arguments from his book, Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium (Oxford, 2001), and says that Jesus just viewed himself as an apocalyptic... Continue Reading
Why is Heaven Forever?
Heaven is eternal because we are married to Christ
Third, our glorious resurrected bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit. If this is true in this life, how much more in the life to come? The Holy Spirit, who is Christ’s Spirit, makes us able to bear Christ in his majesty. The Holy Spirit enables God’s people in Heaven to receive communications from God... Continue Reading
Presbyterians (PCUSA) Decline while Other Churches Grow
At the current rate the PCUSA will have no members in less than 20 years.
The real challenge is that the PCUSA no longer and has not in a long time adhered vigorously to orthodox Christianity, which is by itself no guarantor of church health but is always an essential ingredient for vitality. There are of course orthodox Christians remaining in the PCUSA, but they are not affirmed by denominational... Continue Reading