The Bible market is saturated by Bibles which have not yet earned their names “legacy” and “standard” and many “new” bibles are not so new anymore. It would have been better to have called Bibles by their publisher names, calling them names like the Lockman Bible instead of the NIV, the Zondervan Bible instead of... Continue Reading

The Reformed tradition is not Western or Eastern—it is biblical. It is the tradition that declared “Here I stand” in the face of power, that insisted on the priesthood of all believers, that proclaimed justification by faith alone. That same tradition calls me to stand here, in Ramallah, in Bethlehem, in Gaza, and bear witness... Continue Reading

It is ironic that the focus of the graffiti is questions about basic religious matters such as death and the afterlife. Had Canterbury remained faithful to its core documents—the Bible, the Book of Common Prayer, the Thirty-Nine Articles—it would have answers to give people on such things.   The Church of England’s long suicide note... Continue Reading

Women are not called to serve in the same way that men are called to serve, but that makes them no less valued or necessary for the church. I hope that AMR [Alliance for Mission and Renewal] will reconsider how they talk about the women in their churches and value them for what God has... Continue Reading

My interest is rather to point out that a) it is inaccurate to call anyone in our midst a fundamentalist insofar as that term is commonly understood today; b) doing so serves rather to confuse than to clarify the nature of our internal ecclesiastical disagreements, not only regarding the parties involved but also regarding the... Continue Reading

Kids need their parents to help them become the kind of people who want to do good and avoid evil, not because it’s profitable, but because it’s right. They need years of practicing discernment and developing integrity in order to live faithfully online where indulgence, addiction—and increasingly, radicalization—are common.   There is growing momentum among... Continue Reading

Even the freest and most successful civilizations in history are vulnerable to decline and revolution. The path to renewal is to resist the allure of ideology, propaganda, and scapegoating, and to instead recommit to truth. That will require courage to say what is true and to live what is true, despite the social cost.  ... Continue Reading

The real revolution is not coming from activists with megaphones. It is coming from families with open Bibles. From fathers who lead. From mothers who nurture. From churches that refuse to apologize for God’s design. That is how civilizations are rebuilt—by people who fear God more than hashtags.   There’s a tremor in the air.... Continue Reading

Bestowing titles not found in the church order, especially when they are suspiciously adjacent or similar to the actual PCA officer titles, can be deceptive, unwise, unhelpful, and may undermine good order. Still, the lack of fixed definitions, standards, or processes for these non-standard, non-officer titles makes ruling on them a subjective matter. Who leads... Continue Reading

The project was led by Michael Foster, a former PCA pastor. The report uncovers “evidence gathered from publicly available websites, live streams, and church documents” that demonstrates that a non-negligible portion of the PCA (7.3% by their estimates) publicly list women in official and titled leadership roles that, according to Foster and his coauthors, “function... Continue Reading