Derek Radney

PCA pastor @trinitychurchws | BA @WakeForest | MDiv @TEDS | ThM @DukeDivinity | biblical imagination @cateclesia | The Alliance @a4mrofficial

[Derek Radney @derekradney]

@SEdburg @sdesocio Scott, could you point to what RAO would have to be suspended? I haven’t heard yet what these procedural hurdles are.

[The Alliance for Mission and Renewal @a4mrofficial]

We’re continuing our deep dive into AMR’s Theological Vision! In Part Five, Charles Anderson explores what it truly means to pursue the value of being biblical.
https://t.co/Bhsh8n6CPU

[Derek Radney @derekradney]

@stevemiNumbers My post is about the ability to tell the difference and what that means for ordination. I said nothing about how the distinct levels of importance shape denominational affiliation.

[Derek Radney @derekradney]

Men who cannot tell the difference between disagreements over matters essential to the Christian faith and matters of secondary and tertiary importance (or matters of conscience) are not qualified to be elders or pastors.

This is not some manmade standard being added to Scripture; it is a necessary entailment of "sober-minded," "able to teach," "not quarrelsome," and "not a recent convert...puffed up with conceit."

[Derek Radney @derekradney]

https://t.co/RC9xYAqdH2

[Wes White @wes_net]

An important warning against making all truths of equal importance:

“[M]en who begin with making the tithing of anise and cummin of equal importance with justice and mercy, are sure in the end to cling to the anise, and let the mercy go" (Charles Hodge).

[Derek Radney @derekradney]

@GeorgeSayour @ZacharyGarris @a4mrofficial What are you saying I need to retract, George?

And why are you tagging AMR, calling the organization to repent because of a comment I made? Not everything I say or every opinion I hold should be taken as a statement for AMR.

[Derek Radney @derekradney]

@MikedAlamo Nah. It doesn’t always end up that way.

What is more common (as evident from Twitter/x but happens in local real life settings all the time) is Christians divide over minor matters because some people treat them as if the gospel is at stake.

[Derek Radney @derekradney]

Don’t miss part 2 of the @a4mrofficial round table overtures discussion where @HowieDonahoe @SteveTiptonPCA and David Coffin discuss the deacon, titles, commissioning, and officer overtures.

https://t.co/no5DeOySSW

[Harrison Ford @rhford123]

I've been reading Gabriel Marcel who wrote in the mid-20th century about the "spirit of abstraction," the tendency to reduce people to problems to be fixed and life to a system to be managed.

His answer was "presence": undistracted engagement with life and genuine, whole-hearted availability to others.

I think Marcel has a word for the PCA. We pride ourselves on connectionalism but that easily becomes depersonalized either by an overcommitment to process (as important as it is) or an overreliance upon social media, both of which cloud the persons behind the issues.

To remain healthy, IMO, we need to regain presence.

Which is a long-winded way to invite you to the Next Generation Forum at #PCAGA. The content has never been the point. It's a means to the end of presence--getting people from all parts of the denomination in the same room, eye-to-eye.

I hope you'll be there. Registration linked below.

[Derek Radney @derekradney]

I know you’re smart enough to know that Twitter mobs do not constitute evidence of being right, especially since these account have shifted the claim to “identifies as gay.”

“Gay affirming” has a definite meaning, namely, it is the position that homosexual desire and action is licit. That was not the position of GJ, nor has the PCA ever tolerated such a view in our communion.

Again, please retract the misinformation you have posted, including the claim that I attacked Garris.

[Derek Radney @derekradney]

@dmichaelclary @JoeGibbons84 So to get back to the issue here, instead of deflecting, will you acknowledge that you have spread misinformation? Neither the PCA nor GJ are gay affirming.

Remember your own words about speaking the truth and correcting error.

[Derek Radney @derekradney]

Perhaps you don’t understand our polity, and so you’ve misinterpreted the meaning of the letter I signed. It is not a complaint but a request of his presbytery to investigate his views based on public comments. I didn’t attack him, and I have avoided public criticism to this day because these things need to be adjudicated by courts and not a mob. He deserved a fair hearing. He also deserved a speedy process, which he did not receive, to our shame.

[Derek Radney @derekradney]

@dmichaelclary @JoeGibbons84 I have never attacked, Garris. Now you’re spreading more false information.

As a Christian minister, you do not have the right to ascribe motives to others and condemn them publicly. This violates the 9th commandment.

[Derek Radney @derekradney]

@dmichaelclary Michael, you know who I am.

You are spreading false information. You just said you are in the business of truth telling. So tell the truth.

[Derek Radney @derekradney]

I am not willing to go around and around on this issue again. The Revoice controversy demonstrated that this medium is not conducive to our denomination discussing this issue in a way that brings clarity. GJ has written extensively about his views, and it is sufficient to say Michael is flat wrong to describe his view as “gay affirming.”

[The Alliance for Mission and Renewal @a4mrofficial]

Derek Radney, Steve Tipton, David Coffin, and Howie Donahoe return for Part 2 of our PCA overtures roundtable ahead of the 2026 General Assembly, discussing women as deacons, the Danvers Statement, the Lord’s Supper, and more.
https://t.co/RdAKMnEzxh

[Derek Radney @derekradney]

@brothernelson @SteveTiptonPCA 😳

[Derek Radney @derekradney]

The church defined: “The church is the covenant assembly of the triune King, called from all nations to be his holy sanctuary: the place where God’s glory dwells and where the blessings of the Messiah are communicated to God’s elect in accordance with his promise, and where God’s people serve him as a kingdom of priests in accordance with his command.” @scottrswain

HT Bobby Locklear

[Derek Radney @derekradney]

Here’s a short conversation with a few of the members of the DFW Study Committee hosted by @a4mrofficial.

https://t.co/sbrLNa2DsA