Walk in My Shoes: Reformed Means White, But It Doesn’t Have To
Walk in my shoes for a moment to see my identify with the reformed minority
As one of almost fifty African-American pastors in a pool of thousands in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), I remain because I believe Presbyterianism—as defined historically and in the Westminster Standards—is the most accurate representation of what we read in the Bible. Therefore, I am committed. Will I still experience growing pains? Yes! But... Continue Reading
Regent University President Stepping Down; Carlos Campo Succeeded Founder Pat Robertson
President Carlos Campo leaving Regent University immediately
Spokeswoman Mindy Hughes said Regent’s Board of Trustees will “consider the matter” of Campo’s successor soon. Campo came to Regent from the College of Southern Nevada, where he was interim vice president of academic affairs. He previously served as the college’s dean of arts and letters and director of academic partnerships. VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.... Continue Reading
San Antonio Adopts Anti-Christian Bias Policy
San Antonio’s ordinance takes the “bias” ban a step further by focusing on speech, not just action.
The San Antonio City Council approved changes this afternoon to the city’s nondiscrimination policy, making it illegal to show bias “in word or deed” against anyone in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered community. Opponents say the ordinance criminalizes any disagreement with homosexuality. Despite the religious community’s widespread opposition to the policy, which already banned... Continue Reading
Syria’s Christians Risk Eradication
A post-Assad Islamist regime threatens to re-enact the Armenian genocide
So here is the nightmare. If the U.S., France, and some miscellaneous allies strike at the regime, they could conceivably so weaken it that it would collapse. Out of the ruins would emerge a radically anti-Western regime, which would kill or expel several million Christians and Alawites. This would be a political, religious, and humanitarian... Continue Reading
Are There Two Distinct Reformed Views Of The Sabbath?
Does The Continental View Really Exist?
Yes there is some diversity within classical Reformed theology on the Sabbath but it is diversity within unity. There is a Reformed view of the Sabbath. There is a fundamental unity that God has established a 1 in 7 pattern in creation. To that creational law was added typological and temporary Mosaic legislation but the... Continue Reading
Stockton Presbytery Dismisses Six Churches to ECO
All six churches – accounting for 45 percent of Stockton’s current membership – will be part of ECO Oct. 24
Tadashi Agari, an elder commissioner in the presbytery, wrote in an email to The Layman that the sessions for each of the six churches cited no issues with the presbytery or Synod of the Pacific, and often expressed appreciation for the presbytery’s policies, ministries and fellowship. The frustration came from the GA and changes to the Book of... Continue Reading
FYI (If You’re A Teenage Girl)
We are hoping to raise men with a strong moral compass, and men of integrity don’t linger over pictures of scantily clad high-school girls
Girls, it’s not too late! If you think you’ve made an on-line mistake (we all do – don’t fret – I’ve made some doozies, even today!), RUN to your accounts and take down the closed-door bedroom selfies that makes it too easy for friends to see you in only one dimension. Will you trust me?... Continue Reading
The Church Is No Place for Sinners
Be honest with God but you might not want to risk it in church
Now you’d think all this would mean something for life in the church where we hear the Word and receive the Sacrament. But, I am afraid it does not – at least not as it should. The church is too often a place where we “play pretend”, because we dare not do otherwise. We cover... Continue Reading
German SWAT Team Storms Home of Homeschooling Family
The children were removed from their parents due to a Nazi-era law banning homeschooling
“My question to the political leadership of Germany is,” says HSLDA Director for International Affairs Mike Donnelly, “How long will you permit these kinds of brutal acts to be perpetrated against German families? Why is it so important to you to force people into your state schools? The echo of this act rings from a... Continue Reading
Boy Scouts Alternative to Reveal Name at Full-Capacity Gathering
The full impact of the Boy Scouts’ policy change and the viability of the rival organization for boys are unlikely to be known until after Jan. 1
The major difference with the traditional Scouting movement, however, will be in the group’s Bible-based worldview: It promises to uphold marriage as the union between one man and one woman, and clearly define what is meant by “duty to God,” “morally straight,” “clean” and “reverent.” The group will be open to boys regardless of religion,... Continue Reading