Leaders Need To Love
The two directives of love for God and love for our neighbor set the foundation for every aspect of the believer’s life.
Building a healthy and productive environment within an organization absolutely requires the influence and impact of a strong leader, i.e., someone who puts the needs of their team members before their own. When a leader serves in an altruistic, loving way, the leader has the opportunity to build stronger relationships with their team members. It’s... Continue Reading
The Gospel of Wokeness—Part 7
To become “woke” means that your eyes have been opened to see all the privilege and injustice that exists in our world.
Listen closely to American preaching and you will hear it. The church no longer bears witness to the simple message of Christ and him crucified. Rather, churches have added other emphases to their message in an effort to appear as “allies” to the oppressed (e.g., injustice, inequity, abuse, etc.). The good news of the... Continue Reading
The Sin of Marxism—Part 6
The Cultural Marxist has a doctrine of original or inherited sin, and it is summed up in the single word: Privilege.
Our culture was built by straight wealthy men of European descent, and it therefore worked best for them. That, according to the Cultural Marxist, identifies them the oppressor class. Privilege is their doctrine of sin and, just like any other religion, the Neo-Marxists are happy to offer the penitent hope. The call it getting “woke.”... Continue Reading
Urging the Current PCA Stated Clerk to Resign from the Standing Judicial Commission.
Because of the power and duties of the Stated Clerk, Dr. Chapell should resign from the SJC, the denomination’s highest court of appeal.
From a practical standpoint, the onerous duties of the Stated Clerk would seem to be enough for any one man. From an appearance standpoint, serving on the 24-man judicial commission and as Stated Clerk would seem to lodge undue denominational power with one man. Dr. Bryan Chapell, recently-elected Stated Clerk of the Presbyterian Church... Continue Reading
The Moral Clarity of a Dissident
Discernment is paramount if we are to understand and properly respond to events.
Life is confounding. Faithfulness requires us to seek truth and to pray constantly for shrewdness in approaching the world around us. To do so, we must gain the moral clarity of a dissident. And when we do, we will be able to reason toward a consensus with our fellow Christians on how we should then live. ... Continue Reading
Zwingli And Bullinger On Pictures Of Jesus
Two of the Reformed champions of the second commandment and the regulative principle of worship are Huldrych Zwingli and Heinrich Bullinger.
Zwingli’s balanced moderation is especially commendable in light of the abuses against which Zwingli was reacting. The core of the popular piety in the western church shortly before the Reformation was a devotion to the cult of the saints combined with an insatiable appetite for sensuous forms of worship, especially worship through visual experiences. ... Continue Reading
Adult Child Estrangement From Parents
Adult estrangement from parents is a current phenomenon.
A primary cause of estrangement is something called “anxious parenting.” There are so many things for good parents to legitimately be concerned about in the lives of their child – drugs, sex, gender identity, kidnappings, terrorism, school shootings, pandemics, bullying, school quality, socialization, moral and character development – as well as challenges to faith in... Continue Reading
Another Take on the Organ
For the organ to serve congregational singing, it must be played in a specific manner, utilizing appropriate ranks, performance techniques, and maintaining a volume which does not supplant the congregation’s voice with its own.
No musical style nor musical instrument can, on its own, please God in worship. Christian worship is only acceptable when it is wrought by the Spirit of God, offered in Christ Jesus, and rooted in his word; worship that pleases God is worship in spirit and truth: a Spirit-wrought response to God’s self-revelation. Neither homophonic... Continue Reading
First Presbyterian Church Session, Ft. Oglethorpe, GA, Report on the National Partnership
A report from the Session of First Presbyterian Church, Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga., on the National Partnership, a group within the Presbyterian Church in America.
In response to questions regarding the pastor’s role in disseminating files associated with the National Partnership that had previously been made public, Session was forced to consider the nature of those files before making any other determination. The report of that study is below. You may have been alarmed at the recent circulation of files... Continue Reading
A Big PCA Correction by a Small Text
There is no special carve outs for some sins. Let us stop reducing sanctification concerning sexual attraction to select persons, select sins, and a time later than the present.
Great reluctance exists in the PCA to embrace the simple truth that all of God’s people are being made holy in sexual desires, and that believing in this powerful grace is our duty. In this life, we have the covenanted hope of moving holiness in the direction of completion…To exclude such change in the category... Continue Reading
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