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Category Archives: Spiritual Declension
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
My Day By Day Summary and Review of the Major Actions of the 2017 PCA General Assembly
Tuesday (6/13/17) 1) Most of the committee of commissioners (CoC) meetings were held on Tuesday morning. I was on the CoC for Covenant College. There was nothing much of note in our deliberations, I did notice, however, that the Board … Continue reading
Posted in Denominational Differences, Homosexual Marriage, Marriage, PCA, Politics and The Civil Magistate, Spiritual Declension, Theological Declension
Tagged 2017 General Assembly, Church Offices, Conservative Review, Deaconesses, General Assembly, Greensboro, PCA, Presbyterian Church in America, Women in Ministry
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Wonder Bread Preaching
I was listening to a show on Christian radio yesterday and the host mentioned that what American Christians need and want is deep, compelling, convicting, expository, and doctrinal preaching. She’s not the first person I’ve heard on the radio who … Continue reading
Posted in Preaching, Spiritual Declension, The Means of Grace
Tagged Christianity, Evangelicalism, preaching, Sermons, Worship
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Samuel Miller’s Pastoral Theology
My own first contact with Samuel Miller, Old Princeton’s Professor of Ecclesiastical History and Church Government, came many years ago when I read an essay that had a quote from his “Presbyterianism The Truly Primitive and Apostolical Constitution of the … Continue reading
Posted in Church Planting, Ecclesiology, History, Officer Training, Old School Presbyterian Churches, Ordination, Pastoral Theology, Pastoral Visitation, Seminary Education, Spiritual Declension, Spiritual Gifts, Worship
Tagged Ministerial Training, Old Princeton, Old School Presbyterians, preaching, Samuel Miller, Seminary, The Ruling Elder
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Some Thoughts About The Current Moment in World History
We live in an age of transition. Just as the Pax Britannica and the British Empire that had dominated the world stage during the 19th century came to an end in the early years of the 20th century, so too … Continue reading
Posted in God's Sovereignty, History, Liberalism, Politics and The Civil Magistate, Spiritual Declension
Tagged Afghanistan, America, Britain, Christianity, Decadence, Decay, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Empire, Entitlements, Iraq, Islamism, Narcissism, Nihilism, Pax Americana, Pax Britannica, Pax Romana, Reformation, religion, Revival, Rome, Sloth
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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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Building Old School Churches 