Categories
- A Brief Introduction to this Blog (1)
- Abortion (4)
- Apologetics (11)
- Apostasy (3)
- Arminianism (1)
- ARP (1)
- Atheism (2)
- Audio (1)
- Baptism (6)
- Blog Rules and Commenting (2)
- Catechizing (1)
- Charity (2)
- Children (13)
- Christian Education (2)
- Christian Liberty (3)
- Christmas (4)
- Church Discipline (8)
- Church Planting (18)
- Compromise (9)
- Conferences (3)
- Counseling (1)
- Current Events (9)
- Deacons (2)
- Denominational Differences (6)
- Disasters (2)
- Divorce (3)
- Easter (4)
- Ecclesiology (17)
- Encouragement (9)
- Eschatology (4)
- Ethics (6)
- Europe (2)
- Evangelism and Church Growth (9)
- Family Worship (4)
- Feminism (3)
- Friendship (2)
- Ghosts (1)
- God's Sovereignty (4)
- Heaven and Hell (3)
- History (9)
- Holy Days (4)
- Homosexual Marriage (8)
- Homosexuality (8)
- Islam (3)
- Liberalism (15)
- Liberation Theology (2)
- Marriage (7)
- Marxism (1)
- Neo-Darwinianism (2)
- Officer Training (3)
- Old School Presbyterian Churches (79)
- Ordination (3)
- Pastoral Theology (32)
- Pastoral Visitation (3)
- PCA (9)
- PCUSA (1)
- Pelagianism (1)
- Persecution (8)
- Philosophy (2)
- Piety (8)
- Poems and Literature (1)
- Politics and The Civil Magistate (12)
- Polls (1)
- Prayer (8)
- Preaching (15)
- Predestination (1)
- Pulpit Committees (1)
- Race & Ethnicity (2)
- Reflections (5)
- Reformed Baptists (1)
- Revoice (1)
- Roman Catholicism (3)
- Sacraments (8)
- Sanctification (3)
- Seminary Education (4)
- Singing (1)
- Social Networking (1)
- Soteriology (2)
- Spiritual Declension (6)
- Spiritual Gifts (3)
- Sports (2)
- Supra and Infralapsarianism (1)
- Syncretism (1)
- The Bible (1)
- The Collection (2)
- The devil and demons (1)
- The Doctrine of Vocation (1)
- The Invitation System (1)
- The Lord's Day (1)
- The Lord's Supper (3)
- The Means of Grace (19)
- The Old Testament (1)
- The Puritans (8)
- The Sabbath (10)
- The Spirituality of the Church (5)
- Theological Declension (10)
- Uncategorized (6)
- Virtual Church (2)
- War (1)
- Worship (36)
Tag Archives: Church
Presumed Guilty: Reformed Evangelical Men and the Assumption of Systemic Abuse
From my perspective, the saddest part of all of this is that the only solution to the problem of human sin, the Biblical Gospel, is being identified as part of the root of the problem of abuse, and the more faithful one is to the Bible, the more likely one is to be perceived as an abuser. In fact, a bizarre redefinition of Christian is occurring in which it is asserted that the more willing you are to reject Biblical solutions to the problem of abuse and embrace Feminist and Marxist solutions the more authentically compassionate and Christian you are. Continue reading
Posted in Church Discipline, Current Events, Feminism, Old School Presbyterian Churches
Tagged Abuse, Aimee, Byrd, Church, Discipline, Evangelical, Feminism, Men, Patriarchy, Reformed, Sexual, Spiritual
Leave a comment
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
1 Comment
What’s the Problem with our Singing?
While I love Old School Presbyterian worship, there is one part of it that seems to a be a problem wherever you go or whichever congregation you visit, and that’s our singing. We Reformed Confessional types do a lot of … Continue reading
Posted in Singing, The Means of Grace, Worship
Tagged Boredom, Church, Grace, Hymnody, hymns and spiritual songs, presbyterian worship, Psalmody, religion, Singing, Worship
Leave a comment
Building Old School Churches 