Can Pastors Have Real Friends?
Isolation is the pastor’s enemy. And it’s the enemy to the pastor’s family. Dark times, sometimes long and painful, are as regular to guy in the pew as they are to the guy in pulpit. The big difference is that the guy in the pew has real friends. The pastor typically doesn’t. Should I Make...
Hobnobbing, Snubbing, or Blissfully Ignorant
I was pleased to see our own prodigious church planter Sam Desocio write a little something about being ecumenical over at his blog. He summarizes the problem, Add to this the postmodern view of personal truth and we seem to have come upon quite a challenge for the people of God. On a continental level...
Resolution 2 – Regarding Fellowship Among Elders
The following is an overture from Vintage73.com to the 39th General Assembly*: OVERTURE V73-2 from Vintage73.com “Regarding Fellowship Among Elders” Whereas, we have not seen many of our favorite pastor friends in a very long time. Whereas, Jesus encourages us in John 13:34-35 that the world will know we are Christians by our public love...
7 Things We Learned from the AC Funding Fracas
The Administrative Committee funding proposal that last year’s General Assembly sent to the presbyteries for approval has officially failed. What has it taught us? A ton? Not much? Here are a few suggestions: We want to fund the AC. Throughout all the AC funding fracas no one lobbied to detonate the AC. Maybe there is...
10 Reasons I’m PCA and in the Acts 29 Network
The participation of PCA elders in para-church organizations is nothing new. One might even argue that the PCA was founded by para-church organizations. In the panoply of Reformed organizations like these, The Acts 29 Church Planting Network is a newcomer. Some folks in the PCA connect Acts 29 exclusively with Mark Driscoll. Others view the...
Full of Sound and Fury
I really don’t want to think about it anymore. At least that is what I thought to myself when I received a late Friday email. The subject line read, PCA Vote on BCO 14 something or other. And as everyone knows, late Friday afternoon emails really shouldn’t be read late Friday afternoon for fear of...
3 Reasons You Should Like the SP Before you Read It
This post is part of a series of discussions on Vintage73 focusing on the PCA’s proposed strategic plan. We’ll provide both pro and con positions on different aspects of the plan. To benefit most from these posts we suggest you read the plan itself first. We’re thankful to the Cooperative Ministries Committee (CMC) for their hard...
The Overture that was My Fault
Our Love-Hate Relationship with Overtures Overtures to General Assembly are a messy business. They can polarize the entire assembly months before we meet. They can leave presbyters scratching their heads, asking, “Is this really necessary?” They can show our denomination issues we didn’t know we had. And they can be incredibly helpful ideas, clarifying how...
Why I Might Make It
I’ve been a church planter for 11 months…and I’m still alive. Second only to the holy, wise, and powerful preserving and governing of King Jesus, I attribute this astounding fact to one thing—my coaches. I have four of them. I know, it sounds like a crowd. But it really isn’t. I knew going into this...
Why Another Blog?
If Solomon were alive today he might edit Ecclesiastes 12:12 to read, “my son, beware of anything beyond these. Of the making of many blogs there is no end.” A few years ago the question was, “Why should I blog?” The question now is, “Why shouldn’t I blog?” That subtle shift has taught the blogging community...
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