“It is serendipitous that in time of war our government entrusted to clergy our founding document…” On August 24, 1814, Secretary of State James Monroe rode 40 miles to the Patuxent River village of Benedict, in Charles County, Maryland to investigate the rumor that the British were landing there on their way to attack the... Continue Reading

In March 1765, in spite of many dissonant voices from the Colonies, the British Parliament passed and began enforcing the Stamp Act. In May of 1765 the Virginia House of Burgesses took the first official American action to repulse this law. A brilliant backcountry lawyer named Patrick Henry, freshman legislator, led the charge. A series... Continue Reading

Sunday, August 22, was a monumental, historic day at Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church. For many years Coral Ridge had two very distinct worship services–one contemporary and one traditional. The result was the unintentional development of two different churches under one roof. It wasn’t healthy. So back at the end of Spring we started talking about... Continue Reading

“…so that you in your sweet little intact homeschooled appropriate gender role complementarian family are going to be ministered to by the woman who’s been divorced four times…” In evangelical Christianity, believers want to judge those outside the church rather than those within, said a conservative Baptist. “The reason that’s the case is because we... Continue Reading

“…I don’t think we can make any progress in holiness if we don’t have a profound, deep, powerful assurance that we are accepted by God by faith alone.” One of the concerns that I have about justification, and in particular the biblical understanding of imputation (being counted righteous as distinct from actually becoming behavioral in... Continue Reading

As the Manhattan Declaration points out, the biggest threat to religious freedom comes from those who want to redefine marriage and impose a particular view of sexual morality on all of us. As the ruling in Perry v. Schwarzenegger, which overturned California’s Proposition 8, makes its way through the appeals process, one of the big... Continue Reading

While there has been an understandable reaction in parts of the Reformed world against the kind of radical downgrading of ordained ministry which has come to mark much of the evangelical world, this has itself created problems. Perhaps most obvious is the priestly culture it can generate, where the result is that some come to... Continue Reading

Editor’s Note: If you have a child in college, ready to start college, or still in high school even thinking about college, we urge you to read this Op-Ed piece! (Pastors – you might want to forward this to your parents.) On many campuses, a significant number of faculty members are representatives of what has... Continue Reading

Franklin Graham told CNN’s John King that President Obama’s family background is creating the perception that Obama is a Muslim. “I think the president’s problem is that he was born a Muslim, his father was a Muslim. The seed of Islam is passed through the father like the seed of Judaism is passed through the... Continue Reading

The 38th PCA General Assembly voted to send to Presbyteries for their consideration amendments to BCO 14-1 (4) and 14-2. These amendments are requesting a change in how the voting membership of General Assembly will be determined: by charging an annual Registration Fee for teaching elders, churches and Presbyteries. Here are reasons for voting against... Continue Reading