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Category Archives: Compromise
“Jesus Calling” and the 2024 PCA General Assembly
Many Christians are aware of the baneful influence of the book, Jesus Calling (2004) and its sequels Jesus Today (2012), and Jesus Always (2016) by Sarah Young. If you aren’t, these books are collections of devotional messages in the voice … Continue reading
Posted in Church Discipline, Compromise, PCA, Theological Declension
Tagged PCA, Theology, General Assembly, Heresy, Church Discipline, Sarah Young, Jesus Calling, MTW, Mission to the World, Blasphemy, New-Age
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The Heart of the Difference Between Revoice Theology and Reformed Theology – the Sinfulness and Mortification of Sinful Desires
At the PCA General Assembly this week, we had several speakers (the most prominent being self-proclaimed Gay PCA pastor Greg Johnson) take issue with the Nashville Statement on the grounds that it condemns a homosexual self-identity. The speakers clearly indicated … Continue reading
Posted in Compromise, Homosexual Marriage, Homosexuality, PCA, Revoice, Roman Catholicism
Tagged 2019 General Assembly, Greg Johnson, Homosexuality, Nashville Statement, PCA, Revoice
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Dear Netflix…
Dear Netflix, We’ve been using your service virtually since it started, in fact just the other day I found one of the original DVD mailer sleeves from the 1990s that we were always losing track of. We enjoyed your service … Continue reading
Posted in Abortion, Apologetics, Compromise, Liberalism, Persecution
Tagged Abortion, ACLU, Christian, Conscience, Georgia, Netflix, Streaming, Video, Worldview
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The Nashville Statement and Why Our Congregation Adopted It
Most of the great creedal and confessional formulations of the church have been composed in response to widespread error or heresy within the body of Christ and while there are many different errors and heresies that are currently dividing the … Continue reading
Some Last Minute Thoughts About Overture 2
Part of my preparation for going to the Presbyterian Church in America’s 45th General Assembly in Greensboro includes attempting to read through all 646 pages of the massive 2017 Commissioners Handbook. And as I was doing that, I was extremely … Continue reading
Teaching Children About Perversion from the Pulpit
The other day after watching the news, my nine year old daughter asked me what “pre-operative transgender children” were. I seriously doubt that the conversation that resulted would have been necessary twenty years ago, but how many of us, 20 … Continue reading
The Deceiver’s Top Ten Tips For Making Sure You and Your Family Have a Miserable And Fruitless Experience in Church this Sunday
If you’ve been a Christian for any period of time at all, you may have noticed that the more time you spend in church, the harder it is to fit in and feel comfortable with non-believers or to really enjoy … Continue reading
Posted in Apostasy, Compromise, Old School Presbyterian Churches, Pastoral Theology, Piety, Sanctification, Spiritual Declension, The Means of Grace, The Sabbath, Virtual Church, Worship
Tagged Apostasy, Backsliding, Deceiver, Devil, Going to Church, Hypocrisy, Lack of Growth, Lord's Day, Means of Grace, Sabbath, Satan, Spiritual Immaturity, Sunday
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A Reflection on the Superbowl…
“The attachment many Americans now have to sports teams far exceeds attachment to religious faith—any religious faith.” – Al Mohler Driving home from church on Sunday Night was eerie, it was a huge contrast to the heavy traffic we normally … Continue reading
Posted in Compromise, Pastoral Theology, Sports, The Sabbath, Theological Declension
Tagged America, Church, Football, Hoiliday, Lord's Day, Sabbath, Sports, Sunday, Superbowl, Theology
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What if Modern Missional Celebrity Pastors Had Existed in the Early Church?
I‘ve often wondered what it would have sounded like if they’d had the modern “missional” celebrity pastors in the early church, and how they would have handled issues like Roman pressure to compromise on the Lordship of Christ or the … Continue reading
Building Old School Churches 