It’s not the Mission of the Church to celebrate various cultures. There is much to be celebrated in various cultures and about our civil relations and social histories. But the Church must remain above such things and reflect the glorious, heavenly culture with the diversity, unity, and peace that Christ brought to us. In the... Continue Reading

It is incumbent to recognize that the PCA’s middle determined to assess Jesus Calling‘s fitness for use by Christians, and to inquire about the book’s history in the denomination’s discipleship and world missions efforts. I got it wrong. Did the middle?   After 25 years serving the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), a rather scruffy, nobody pastor... Continue Reading

A large number of overtures deal with judicial procedure. Overture 1 seeks to ensure that church courts can determine whether there is enough evidence (etc.) to move forward to charges in a discipline case. Overture 7, which makes it easier for groups of presbyteries or the General Assembly to intervene in cases brought against a... Continue Reading

It appears we can tolerate wickedness of the worst kind in this country (and keep silent about it), but if you mention something about CN and the Kingship of Christ over all things, then many Christian leaders go crazy with rage. You may be disciplined by the church for holding to such a heresy.  Whoever would... Continue Reading

As we think about the covenant of grace and its totality of meaning and the kind of glory we participate in due to the promise of Christ it only encourages us to the duty that we affirmed in our yes vote to be a member and/or minister in His church, and the kind of life... Continue Reading

…the church has “members,” and that some of those members are selected by the others as “officers” who are entrusted with conducting the church’s affairs. Such officers are not part of a distinct class that propagates itself apart from the will of the other members (BCO Pref. II.6), and they cannot force any of their... Continue Reading

Mr. Rein’s connection to RUF began at Vanderbilt University, where he received a B.S.E. in Mechanical Engineering and graduated summa cum laude with Honors. RUF is where his understanding of the Gospel fell into place and he developed a biblical worldview, realizing faith impacts everything. It is also where he “found his people” — his... Continue Reading

We, the Permanent Committee of MNA, representing the breadth of PCA churches and presbyteries, have been actively working with our agency’s leadership to evaluate our witness for Christ. We met for our stated meeting on March 5-6 to conduct the regular business of the committee and to discuss the issues that have impacted the peace... Continue Reading

I doubt anyone would say that because the scrolls from Qumran are published in books and/or digital form the scrolls themselves are no longer needed. At this point some will say apples are being compared with oranges, after all, the minutes and clerical documents produced by judicatories of the denomination are not equivalent to the... Continue Reading

Recently, we posted links on our webpage to external organizations offering a wide range of recommendations and frequently asked questions on immigration. MNA’s leadership erroneously allowed the posting of content that advised undocumented persons on ways to avoid being detained by authorities…We confess that we fell short of our Biblical and Confessional standard. We repent... Continue Reading