Note: This article is not the final word, as many have noted that JBP’s belief about God and Christ have continued to evolve. Praise God! However, the assessment below has not changed. He’s not their yet (1/31/22) . This discussion…
It is not the intent of this article to redo the work of brothers in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) who have already defended Overture 23 and 37 on Biblical, Theological, Practical, Pastoral, and Semantic grounds. Here are some…
Have you ever read over or skipped the genealogies in the Scriptures? It’s easy to do. I just read Luke 3 this morning (as part of the Reading Plan I developed for 2022), and it ends with the Genealogy of…
Sanctify them in the Truth; Your Word is Truth. – John 17:17 At the age of 19, Jonathan Edwards resolved “to study the Scriptures so steadily, constantly and frequently, as that I may find, and plainly perceive myself to grow…
The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone. – Isaiah 9:2 Have you ever been caught in a whirlpool on a Class IV whitewater river?…
We give thanks for penitent believers who, though they continue to struggle with same-sex attraction, are living lives of chastity and obedience. -From Statement 12 of the PCA AIC Human Sexuality Report The purpose of this article is for my…
There’s such a great lesson and reflection for us each year in the song “Mary Did You Know.” Mary, did you know that your Baby Boy would one day walk on water? Mary, did you know that your Baby Boy…
Note: We as a Church need to readily admit that people who have identified as gay or admitted that they struggle with Same-Sex Attraction (SSA) have been mistreated in horrendous ways in and by the Church. (Both through the ex-gay…
I hesitate to write this article; however, since people have asked me to I will. I do this knowing full well that I open myself up to the possibility of being attacked or critiqued for not knowing what I’m talking…
I recently preached a sermon on Mark 8:34, where Jesus Says “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.” I have found there is a great misconception of what this verse…