(Part 1 of 3 parts) I must confess that I am not at all convinced that the question in the PCA surrounding unordained male and female deacons will end there. Creating a Perspective for Planning A couple of days ago on the way to my study, an 18-wheeler had a blowout on the 91 Freeway... Continue Reading

(Part 2 of a 3 part series) Is the PCA little more than an organization? Do we or should we operate on business principles when addressing an issue such as loss of membership? Creating a Perspective for Planning (II) I want to take several issues to outline the PCA’s proposed “Strategic Plan.” My wife served... Continue Reading

(Part 3 of a 3 part sereis) “if we are faithful to the Word of God, should we not derive how we “do mission” from that source and formulate our principles from our “commitment to the inerrancy of Scripture as the driving force”? Creating a Perspective for Planning (III) With this installment, we move forward... Continue Reading

(Editor’s Note: The Aquila Report is seeking to get on the same RSS feed that Pastor Hutchinson has found. Frankly, we are jealous of his advance notice.) An AP article was sent to my computer which many might find interesting. Sometimes my computer dates things incorrectly, but never before has an article appeared this early.... Continue Reading

What really happened at the Erskine College/Seminary board meeting last Friday afternoon? It doesn’t take long to learn – whether in a journalism class or in the trenches – that every big news story has at least one back story. Something that is important, even crucial, that is not made public and, even more importantly,... Continue Reading

For now, The Aquila Report will remain in our words-only format (at least until we become financially stable). However, everyone needs a good visual laugh from time to time. To help with that, World Magazine runs their more recent Editorial Cartoons on their web site, and thus becomes one of the finest sources of that... Continue Reading

‘It’s probably an American, independent, give-me-elbow-room, don’t-get-in-my-face-too-often conviction, which I don’t think is biblical.‘ I think the answer is that you should be a church member. But that’s not even a clear word—what does “member” mean? What I mean by “member” is somebody who, whether by a signature or a word of commitment or promise,... Continue Reading

I asked a 7-year-old, “What is marriage?” She responded, “That’s when the mommy and the daddy still live together.” To her way of thinking, marriage is defined as a man and a woman who are “not divorced.” If that is indicative of the cultural reality to which we have sunk, what is our witness as... Continue Reading

It is, of course, a huge logical fallacy to believe that critics of the plan are cheering for failure or mean-spirited or hopeful for denominational demise. WormTape: “Chuck, you have a real problem brewing. It seems that most of your supporters are privately losing confidence—or the will to face a public repudiation—and are beginning to... Continue Reading

Dr. Luder Whitlock, Chairman, Dr. Ron Kovack, President, and Dr. Warren A. Gage, Interim Dean of Faculty say that “in our opinion, Dr. Waltke’s views are wholly compatible with our confessional standards” The original article, from which the following is an excerpt, may be viewed at http://www.teachingtheword.org/content_tq/articles/tq0296/article_tq0296.htm [Editor’s note: The link (URL) to the original... Continue Reading