In keeping with the journalistic tradition of looking back at the recent past, we present the top 50 stories of the year that were read on The Aquila Report site based on the number of hits. We will present the 50 stories in groups of 10 to run on five lists on consecutive days. Here are numbers 41-50.

In 2025 The Aquila Report (TAR) posted over 3,000 stories. At the end of each year we feature the top 50 stories that were read.

TAR posts 8 new stories each day, on a variety of subjects – all of which we trust are of interest to our readers. As a web magazine TAR is an aggregator of news and information that we believe will provide articles that will inform the church of current trends and movements within the church and culture.

In keeping with the journalistic tradition of looking back at the recent past, we present the top 50 stories of the year that were read on The Aquila Report site based on the number of hits. We will present the 50 stories in groups of 10 to run on five lists on consecutive days. Here are numbers 41-50:

50. PCA Christian Nationalism Study Committee Members Announced

Overture 47, which the Assembly approved, gives the study committee instructions “to study the relationship between Christian Nationalism, Ethno-Nationalism, and related teachings. Further, the committee shall advise on whether these teachings and formulations are in conformity with the system of doctrine taught in the Westminster Standards or where they may diverge from the system of doctrine.”

49. Of Clerks and Cancelations: A Partial Rejoinder to David Coffin and George Robertson Concerning our Late Stated Clerk

The consequences of his withdrawing his resignation I have mentioned above. The office of stated clerk would be reduced in effectiveness and esteem by doing so, and the PCA would be worse for it. Chapell would be put in an impossible position which he lacked the personal capital – the respect and confidence of others – to successfully perform, and the denomination would suffer internal tension and a loss of respect and of effective collaboration with other churches. Far from being good for him, the office of stated clerk, and the PCA, it would be detrimental to all parties.

48. From Such Turn Away!

Our churches and denominations are at a crossroads. We must decide if we will stand on sound doctrine and biblical belief and practice or entertain those who would subvert, undermine, and destroy.

47. Jesus Calling: How I Got It Wrong—A Surprising Narrative

It is incumbent to recognize that the PCA’s middle determined to assess Jesus Calling‘s fitness for use by Christians, and to inquire about the book’s history in the denomination’s discipleship and world missions efforts. I got it wrong. Did the middle?

46. Are We Misunderstanding the Most Important Doctrine in Christianity?

Young seminarians are being steeped—in seminary—in an expressive individualism that is contrary to the gospel of Jesus Christ and that will, if it’s not nipped right in the bud, lead actual people into hell.

45. Calvin University Professor Calls for Separation From the Christian Reformed Church

Smith calls the Synod’s action a “narrowly dogmatic decision.” He wants the University to say that “these are the sorts of questions on which Reformed Christians disagree and therefore room should be made for such disagreements at a Reformed Christian university. This doesn’t compromise our Reformed Christian identity.”

44. When Evil Strikes: Charlie Kirk, Christian Grief, and the Path of Wisdom

We cannot allow evil to draw us into folly. To do so would be to let one act of evil multiply into many. Instead, we must show that wisdom is possible—that the disciplined spirit can still build, and that Christ’s people will not be ruled by rage but by hope. The choice is plain: the vented spirit that destroys, or the disciplined spirit that builds. By faith in the risen Lord, let us reject folly and live as those who display the hope of Christ before a watching world.

43. Character, Competence, and the Life of the Presbyterian Church in America

Seizing those opportunities [currently available to the PCA] will require organizational competence, high character from our leadership, and a recovery of relational trust across the denomination. If we can address these problems, the potential good that might be accomplished through the PCA is significant. We should labor toward those ends. Should we fail, it will not be for a lack of talent or theological engagement, but simply due to a lack of competence, character, and charity in our denominational life.

42. Potential Entry of Memorial Presbyterian Church into EPC Causes Division

While Missouri Presbytery exercised its rightful discretion, doing so enabled TE Johnson to leave the PCA with his ordination intact and now his attempts to join the EPC threaten to split that communion.

41. Charlie Kirk Is Dead. Now My Family Won’t Speak to Each Other.

So many believers are sitting in the ashes of what used to be a family table. They didn’t mean to light the match. They thought they were defending what was good, or grieving what was lost. And now, they’re watching love feel like treason. Romans 12 is not a lecture for them. It’s a lifeline.