Fast and Pray, But Withdraw Anyway
Since the Memorial session and pastor have refused to repent and desire to persist in error, it is no doubt best all-around that they withdraw the PCA.
The fact that the session views as “attacks” the criticism that Memorial Church and Greg Johnson have received, since hosting the 2018 Revoice conference, is very telling. It’s telling because it reveals the session’s mind set as being highly defensive of its position, instead of being open to counsel from Christian brethren. It also shows... Continue Reading
The World Wants Your Family
Thoughts on How to Fight Back
Being different, being set apart and having a close family creates a sense of identity and purpose. Today so many young people are confused because they don’t know who they are, what they believe, or what their past is: they know nothing. They are adrift and depressed and confused to the point of trying to... Continue Reading
My Two Decades Among the Young, Restless, Reformed – Part 2
We were a happy bunch then, but we are a divided bunch now.
Things aren’t exactly as they were during those heady days when that first T4G conference took place. We were a happy bunch then, but we are a divided bunch now—roiled over some of the issues I outlined in my concerns, with brawls over social justice and complementarianism chief among them. Collin Hansen proved prescient in... Continue Reading
The Search for Authenticity
What exactly are the authenticity-hunters actually looking for?
I am minded to believe that if we really want authenticity, it means certain churches will be authentically extremely messy. They will be very honest, but there will be serious mess. I am equally minded to believe that other churches will appear relatively together because they are. The sins they struggle with will seem like... Continue Reading
Conservative Apostles for Drag Queen Story Hour
Conservatives’ acceptance of viewpoint neutrality will only hasten America’s demise.
Let’s not deceive ourselves. The ideology behind Drag Queen Story Hour, seeks to undermine, overthrow, and replace the Founding vision of a moral and virtuous people governing themselves according to natural principles of morality and justice. By contrast, those pushing DQSH are working to establish a new regime built upon the lascivious desires of its... Continue Reading
Why I Changed My Mind on the Nashville Statement
Or another way to state it: Why I finally decided to publicly endorse the Nashville Statement.
There is a need for well-crafted and clear statements summarizing the Bible’s teaching about sexuality, gender, and what it means to be human. They are needful as means to catechize our children so that they may better resist the spirit of the age and avoid errors that will make shipwreck of their faith. But as... Continue Reading
David French and the Future of Orthodox Protestantism
The future for Protestant Christians, and the choices we will have to make, are becoming clearer.
Orthodox Protestants in America can now have clarity on the way forward and the choices that lie before them. The elites are accommodating, as I predicted they would be. And new leadership is now needed, one that understands the exile nature of the church, the inevitable opposition of the world, and the importance of opposing... Continue Reading
Hasn’t Yet Been Tried
The insatiable thirst that people have for power is becoming a defining feature of our political landscape.
A nation as broad and diverse as ours has a great many challenges and a great many divisions…But we do have a system—devised and founded by men who understood the depravity of man and the corruptions of concentrated power—whereby no one faction gets a permanent upper hand, and there are exceedingly few permanent political victories. ... Continue Reading
Nobody Wants to Play by the West’s Made-Up Rules
"The West is no longer able to coherently identify the moral standard they’re trying to impose on the world. So, like spoilt children, they stomp their feet and issue threats because the other kids don’t want to play by their made-up rules."
The West may learn too late that there are only two options before us: Christ or chaos. Once we abandon God, as Dostoevsky warned, everything becomes permissible. And when everything is permissible, we lose, not only any meaningful basis for evaluating the behaviour of other cultures, but any effective means of slowing the moral decline... Continue Reading
A Sad Day in the PCA: Disagreement, Nuance, Or…
Disagreements are not surprising, and they are not un-Christian. No, they are not even un-Presbyterian.
I disagree with his assertions about Overture 15. I leave argument aside. I disagree that concerns expressed in terms of the reform of the church deserve to be greeted as malicious. I leave argument aside. I disagree that mendacity has been the substance of the controversy around Johnson, et. al. I leave argument aside. I... Continue Reading
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