The Associated Reformed Presbyterian Church (ARP) will be holding its 2009 Super Senior High Retreat in September. “The Pursuit of Happiness” (Psalm 1) is the theme of this year’s fall retreat Sept. 25-27 at Bonclarken Conference Center, Flat Rock, NC. Guest speaker is Aaron Morgan, assistant pastor at Scherer Memorial Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Lake... Continue Reading

The Foolishness of Preaching September 24 – 26, 2009 Meeting at Heritage Baptist Church 201 East Broad Street Mansfield, Texas 76063 [email protected] Phone: 817-453-5580 Fax: 817-453-5570 “Churches today must be recovered. They must once again put the Word of God at the center; and that happens most fundamentally through preaching… The great Puritan pastor Richard... Continue Reading

A press release from Ligon Duncan, chairman of the Council of Biblical Manhood and Womanhood: Today (September 1, 2009), Zondervan (the publisher of the NIV), the Committee on Bible Translation [CBT] (which oversees the NIV and TNIV translations) and Biblica (which owns the copyrights to the NIV and TNIV) announced the discontinuation of the TNIV... Continue Reading

I wrote recently about former President George W. Bush’s unprecedented work on behalf of the African AIDS epidemic. That $15 billion package, first proposed in January 2003, was entirely Bush’s doing, and has been ignored by the mainstream media and liberals who should hail the initiative. Similarly, it has been dismissed by many conservatives who... Continue Reading

Much controversy has existed over the issue of whether the Presbytery (or any other assembly) can generally condemn erroneous opinions, books, or statements. It seems to me that the opinion that presbyteries or assemblies cannot condemn erroneous opinions without a judicial case before them is a novelty. First, we see in the Bible in Acts... Continue Reading

F I R E is a unifying network for independent Reformed (and Reforming) baptistic churches to experience mutual edification, fellowship, cooperation and prayerful support in ministries and missions. Upcoming events include the following: Regional Conferences Coming Up Sep 21-22 Southeast Regional Madison, AL Oct 2-3 Deep South Regional Pearl River, LA Oct 12-14 West Coast... Continue Reading

When: Sept. 30 – Oct. 3 2009 Where: Signal Mountain Presbyterian, Chattanooga, Tennessee Cost: $50, plus hotel (a special group rate has been obtained) The Youthworker Oasis exists “to provide a context for EPC youth workers (full-time, part-time, paid & volunteer) to come together in order to step off the front lines of ministry for... Continue Reading

Barack Obama ran a brilliant campaign for president. Unfortunately for him, that strategic brilliance did not carry over to his campaign for healthcare reform. His push for greater government control of healthcare has struck a majority of Americans as radical, arrogant, and not so subtly lethal. Obama is backtracking, trying to salvage some increase in... Continue Reading

The popular 1970s television series “All in the Family” had a cute theme-song sung by Archie and Edith at the beginning of every episode. One lyric was: “Mister, we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again.” Well, the show was great fun, but the liberals who created “All in the Family” got their history... Continue Reading

MANCHESTER, CT – (AP) A federal appeals court has reversed a federal judge’s order that religious displays be removed from a Christian store that offers postal services in Manchester, Connecticut. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says Sincerely Yours, a contract postal unit operated by the FullGospelInterdenominationalChurch, is not a post office and doesn’t... Continue Reading