Never denying the Reformed doctrines of election, regeneration, and perseverance in the arena of God’s decrees, they chose to “move, live, and have their being” in the realm of the objective covenant.  In the realm of the objective covenant, all those baptized are regenerated and justified, the elect can fall away, and the Last Judgment... Continue Reading

If I could ask the committee a question it would be this: If the investigative process was so thorough, why devote so little in the report to substantiating Meyers’ innocence? Why isn’t there more material devoted to the specific concerns raised in the LOC, and not just whether or not Meyers believes the first and... Continue Reading

The committee appointed to investigate the allegations raised in the Letter of Concern reported its findings in a 51 page report. At a called meeting of Missouri Presbytery on January 8, 2011, TE Jeffrey Meyers was exonerated of allegations that had been raised against him. Meyers is pastor of Providence Reformed Presbyterian Church in St.... Continue Reading

Editor: The PCA Presbytery of the Siouxlands (PS) has been “officially” dealing with a Federal Vision (FV) controversy since early in 2007. In view of the considerable lapse of time between then and now, and given the current state of affairs in this matter, it seems that a review of a few basic facts might... Continue Reading

If we are good Presbyterians, whose consciences should be bound to Scripture alone, then why should we be deemed wise to follow a tradition that Romanism has practiced? Introduction With the dawning of the Reformation, our gracious and merciful God lifted His people from the dregs of Popery. For centuries, God’s visible church had languished... Continue Reading

On December 9, a five member panel of the Presbyterian Church in America’s (PCA) highest court, the Standing Judicial Commission (SJC), approved a proposed decision on a complaint arising out of Pacific Northwest Presbytery regarding its handling of the views of TE Peter Leithart on Federal Vision. This proposed decision will be discussed and finalized... Continue Reading

The Presbytery of the Siouxlands has scheduled a called meeting for October 20, 2009 in Watertown, S.D. to hear two complaints against recent actions taken at its last stated meeting.The meeting will be held at the Best Western Ramkota Hotel Event Center, Watertown, South Dakota, 1901 9th Avenue Southwest, at 10 a.m. Several TEs have... Continue Reading

At the 87th Stated Meeting of the Presbytery of the Siouxlands (PS) on September 24, 2009, the Presbytery rejected an investigative committee recommendation to find a strong presumption of guilt that a member was teaching contrary to the Standards in the area of baptism. The Presbytery further concluded that he was not teaching Federal Vision... Continue Reading

At its meeting on October 3, 2008, Pacific Northwest Presbytery overwhelmingly determined that Rev. Peter Leithart’s theology is within the bounds of Reformed confessional orthodoxy. Pacific Northwest Presbytery debated the merits of a Majority Report  [Editors note: the original URL (link) referenced in this article is no longer valid, so the link has been removed.] over... Continue Reading

  The PCA report on the Federal Vision twice quotes the concluding statement of Chapter III, Section VI of the Westminster Confession of Faith:   Neither are any other redeemed by Christ, effectually called, justified, adopted, sanctified, and saved, but the elect only.   The second of the nine declarations in this PCA position paper... Continue Reading