Faith, Truth and Charity
Editors note: The Editors of V.73 came across this article, written by Justin Woodall, and thought it was worth sharing with a wider audience. As I have watched the intinction debates unfold, both on the floor of General Assembly and in cyberspace since then, it has seemed that often times, both…
Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: it is easier to say “My tooth is aching” than to say “My heart is broken.” – CS Lewis, The Problem…
The AC is working to updated the aging PCAnet.org website…
I’ve been watching the PCA’s General Assemblies since they started streaming video in 2008, but 2012 was my first time there as a commissioner. Even with a decent knowledge of how things “work” in our denomination being there in person still provided a new perspective on “how the sausage is made…”
So last week, by a margin of fourteen votes, the 40th General Assembly voted to send a proposed amendment to BCO 58 to the Presbyteries that will effectively ban the practice of intinction. The church plant I serve does not practice intinction, but I am not opposed to it. I…
Nostalgia is denial – denial of the painful present… the name for this denial is golden age thinking – the erroneous notion that a different time period is better than the one one’s living in – it’s a flaw in the romantic imagination of those people who find it difficult…
Kevin Twit, RUF Pastor at Belmont University and founder of the group Indelible Grace, has just announced plans to make their first recording in three years. From their press release: Indelible Grace is making a new CD this summer! We are going into the studio this summer to make “Indelible Grace VI”,…
Regardless of reports to the contrary, the Presbyterian Church in America is not a very large denomination. In fact, we are small enough for news to travel fast when one of our rank seems to be approaching the banks of the Tiber (the Italian river which borders the city of…
Pastor Jason Stellman, who recently received a lot of attention as prosecutor in the trial Peter Leithart, has resigned his membership (and with it, his ordination) in the Presbyterian Church in America. “I feel that I have no other choice than to tender my resignation from the ministry of the Presbyterian Church…
Update:We are happy to report that the Admin. Committee is working on a new site this summer. As I begin, let me be clear: the following article is about me being angry, and I’m not simply trying to poke fun. I’m trying help my brothers in the PCA realize how…
It is fairly common to hear men disparage the BCO exam. Some people think that it is the least important of the exams for Licensure and Ordination. None of the critics (that I have heard) doubt the value of the BCO itself; the exam itself is the object of criticism….
What is Snark? Snark is one of those words that has been thrown around a bit on the interwebs. Don’t know what snark is? Don’t fear, the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary provides this definition: snark- 1. Snore, snort. 2. Find fault with. snarky- Irritable, short tempered. It has become a…
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