It's the week of the Revoice conference and CW has some thoughts from the front seat of the Presbaru. The referenced presbytery report: http://mopres.org/safari/article/30.html Pastor's response to criticism and "misrepresentations".
Our friend Will ( @ lawyerbarrett ) sits down virtually with Wresby to discuss his foray into the world of evangelical leadership conferences.
We are joined by @oldschoolpresby whose Dutch heritage and membership in four NAPARC denominations gives him a unique perspective on the P&R landscape. And we talk about Reformedish Xianese words, terms, and tropes with which we'd gladly dispense.
We talk about the ramifications of this year's PCA General Assembly and run through Rick Phillip's post mortem: Is the PCA Becoming More Unified? We also answer a number of great listener questions.
Armchair ecclesiologist in Subaru getting coffee...
PCAGA fixture Bob Mattes and MORE in the PCA founder Charlie Nave join CW and Wresby on the sixth floor of the GA hotel in Atlanta for a look at the most signifcant developments from the business session of day two of the assembly. Pardon a slight echo towards the end -- we didn't expect to be recording two guests at once. https://www.moreinthepca.org/
CW & Wresby record live at PCAGA 2018 with a wrap-up of the first day and a preview of the days to come.
Ride with Brad as he talks about his visit to the 2018 Associate Reformed Presbyterian General Synod, compares it to the PCA General Assembly, and previews Presbycast's PCAGA plans. More about the ARP: http://arpchurch.org/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associate_Reformed_Presbyterian_Church Clarifying/corrected info from a Twitter follower: "Enjoyed your comments on Synod. Just to clarify, the ARP as it is was founded in 1822 (not the 1900s) and each particular church sends one lay elder delega...
A helpful sermon on the Lord's Supper from Dr. C.N. Willborn of Covenant PCA in Oak Ridge, TN -- The Table is a Call to Unity, 1st Corinthians 11:17-30. https://www.covenant-pca.com/ https://www.sermonaudio.com/source_detail.asp?sourceid=covenantoakridge
PCA pastor and Mortification of Spin co-host Todd Pruitt joins to help preview the 2018 PCA General Assembly. Here's are this year's overtures: http://www.pcaac.org/general-assembly/overtures/ Our talk was somewhat abbreviated by technical issues, but we covered most of what we intended.
Seminarians Ben Woodring and Nate Paschall join us to talk all things seminary.
CW talks about the high point of his visit to Savannah, GA -- visiting Independent Presbyterian Church, one of America's most beautiful church buildings. See the IPC website for a number of resources on worship.
CW talks PCA overtures for what *could* be an uncontroversial PCA General Assembly. See all the overtures in question here . Discussed: Sex - Deacons -- 9 &25 Marriage -- 1, 2, 5, 24 Race - 31 REPORT OF THE AD INTERIM COMMITTEE ON RACIAL AND ETHNIC RECONCILIATION TO THE FORTY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN AMERICA (PDF link)...
Dr. C.N. Willborn discusses the life and work of PCA and Reformed Theological Seminary founding father Dr. Morton H. Smith (1923-2017). Dr. Willborn taught with Dr. Smith at Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary and shared his interest in Southern Presbyterian history. This is episode will be followed by another in a few weeks which examines his role in the founding of the PCA and his legacy. We also presented an address by Dr. Smith in an earlier episode . Here is Dr. Smith's obituary . ...
Wresby and CW talk about how to deal with a church that's less than ideal...as all are. Our apologies for the mysterious sunspot-related interference towards the end when the guys turn to a decidedly darker subject.
Dr. Darryl Hart of Hillsdale College joins us again for part three of our "Life of Machen" series covering the late 1920s to 1935 in this episode. The opening and closing songs are Machen's favorite hymn "There is a Green Hill Far Away" The opening version is a quartet recording from the 1920s. Here's the book that tells the story of Machen's years of controversy better than any other: https://www.amazon.com/Defending-Faith-Gresham-Conservative-Protestantism/dp/0875525636...
LCMS minister Chris Jackson (@revcjackson) joins the boys to talk about things similar, things different, and concerns common to conservative confessional Protestants. We learn of Machen's great appreciation for his Lutheran brethren. Read more about that here: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/geneveith/2014/01/j-gresham-machen-on-the-lutheran-church-missouri-synod/ P.S. -- How many small-town upper Midwestern pastors named Chris have we had on this podcast?...
CW talks briefly about...the church's brief. What is the church's role in society? What should she do beyond ministering the means of grace? He also dodges a wild turkey. Here's the KDY article referenced: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/kevin-deyoung/racial-reconciliation-mostly-almost-agree-likely-still-dont-agree/
Opinion writer Forfare Davis (@Pseudoplotinus) of The National Review (among other places) joins us to talk about 2018...and 1789 and everything in between. We examine American political theater, social media, good books, and bad food. Here are links to two articles we discussed as well as a podcast featuring Presbycast patron saint Peter Hitchens. https://www.nationalreview.com/postmodern-conservative/social-media-twitter-politics-republic-virtue-individualism/ https://www.nationalreview.com/po...
The Rev. Chris Gordon of Escondido URC and Abounding Grace Radio joins us to talk about his controversial Reformation 21 article that draws warning from the case of the CRC for NAPARC denominations. Here's the article link: http://www.reformation21.org/blog/2018/03/the-burning-of-the-wooden-shoe.php Escondido URC & Abounding Grace: http://www.escondidourc.org/ http://www.agradio.org/...
An article on secular musicians who supplement their income playing church gigs set us to thinking about music in the church, and we invited musician (church and secular) @JennMGreenberg and OPC pastor @ChristopherDrew to talk about psalms, hymns, spiritual songs, and dollars. Here's the story that prompted our discussion: http://www.dallasobserver.com/music/6-dfw-musicians-tell-us-whats-it-like-to-gig-at-church-10477625 This tweet has the Keller quotes: https://twitter.com/presbycast/status/978...
That's the question. In this short mobile episode CW encourages you to listen and discuss an interesting podcast where this assertion is made. http://confessingourhope.com/blog/2017/05/22/gospel-reformation-network-an-interview-with-mr-mel-duncan-dr-richard-d-phillips/
We present a reading of chapter VII (The Church) of J. Gresham Machen's classic book from 1923, Christianity and Liberalism .
We discuss the life of J. Gresham Machen from 1920-1929 with Machen scholar D.G. Hart of Hillsdale College. We often refer to Hart's essential work on Machen, "Defending the Faith". https://www.amazon.com/Defending-Faith-Gresham-Conservative-Protestantism/dp/0875525636/
Twitter saint @chuck_finney returns to Presbycast with answers to questions about Finney's legacy and the future of evangelicalism. Don't miss this one!
CW talks basic church architecture and worship hall layout. We hope to do a full show on this one day. References: Tremendous conference at IPC Savannah -- many of the things referred to originated here: https://goo.gl/ekyr8j Bishop Pusey: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bouverie_Pusey Oxford Movement: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_Movement Important book: https://www.amazon.com/When-Church-Became-Theatre-Nineteenth-Century/dp/0195179722 Picture is of the early 17th-century Huguenot ...
Charlie Nave, founder of @MOREinPCA joins CW and Wresby to talk about his organizations efforts to get more ruling elders to the PCA General Assembly. It's polity-picking, BCO-wielding fun! Learn more about MORE at https://www.moreinthepca.org/ and in the introductory article from The Aquila Report: https://www.theaquilareport.com/pca-foundation-urging-pca-ruling-elders-attend-general-assemblies/
Chortles calls in to Mike Abendroth's No Compromise Radio show and shares a bit of backstory. Episode photo shows Mike on the left, CW on the right. Follow Mike at @nocoradio and visit the show page at http://nocompromiseradio.com/
Dr. Darryl G. Hart of Hillsdale College joins us to kick off a mini-series on the life of J. Gresham Machen. This discussion covers Machen's early life, education, World War I experience, and first major work -- The Origin of Paul's Religion (1921).
Wresby, CW, and Silent Topher's neighbor Amish Ambush meet up live for the first ever in-person, in-the-flesh recording experience. Topher sits in (silently)and Mrs. Wresby gets the last word...as it should be. The boys use utensils, eat food, and talk briefly about a Lone Star State kerfuffle in the PCA. Google Books link for Van Drunen's 2K take on abortion: https://books.google.com/books?id=Sx0eVwurpg8C&pg=PA200&lpg=PA200&dq=david+van+drunen+abortion&source=bl&ots=KX-dpLv8...
