PCA News & Views

[Zachary Garris @ZacharyGarris]

Presbyterians in the 1800s really thought Sabbath practice was necessary for a healthy church & nation.

If correct (and I think they were), then the PCA will not thrive until it embraces and practices its Sabbath doctrine in the Westminster Confession.

[Zachary Garris @ZacharyGarris]

Dabney on Lutherans not being Sabbatarians (1880):

[PCA News & Views @J3PCA]

We celebrate the great work @pcamna has done in church planting, disaster relief, prison ministry, and ministry to state and are grateful to RE Dowling for bringing renewed focus to MNA on the mandates of #pcaga and away from divisive distractions.

[The Westminster Standard Podcast @TheWSpod]

This week’s episode features @matt_everhard and RE David Saulsbury providing analysis of the @pcamna coordinator’s report and how RE Steve Dowling is bringing accountability and transparency to MNA.
https://t.co/dvaW3Fl8CB

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If #PCAGA congregations, agencies, and committees would stop platforming men who disagree with our Standards, we would have a lot more trust and peace in the PCA.

[The Westminster Standard Podcast @TheWSpod]

A panel of @nsxanders @WojoKen @zoeschimke & @charlesrhigham offers analysis of @SamAllberry's defective theology and lifestyle. #PCAGA institutions need to stop platforming men wiht false teaching that contradicts the Westminster Standards.
https://t.co/G4nQDF6z6j

[The Westminster Standard Podcast @TheWSpod]

A panel of @nsxanders @WojoKen @zoeschimke & @charlesrhigham offers analysis of @SamAllberry's defective theology and lifestyle. #PCAGA institutions need to stop platforming men wiht false teaching that contradicts the Westminster Standards.
https://t.co/G4nQDF6z6j

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If you want to know what are the values of Jude 3 & the PCA, look at the Westminster Standards. What about you, @a4mrofficial? Do you fully embrace the theology of the #PCAGA?

[📖Matthew Everhard @matt_everhard]

New, clearer @a4mrofficial statement with more specifics just dropped… ⬇️

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check out this morning's @gospelrefnet sessions!
The address by @LigonDuncan on Confessional Subscription was outstanding! https://t.co/JC6CWajxEq

[Sean McGowan @irishpresby]

A few thoughts on PCA BCO Amendment Item 5:

Item 5 is currently making its way through the PCA Presbyteries. It passed at last year’s General Assembly with a vote of 1443-507. This amendment to the Book of Church Order would require Ruling Elder and Deacon officers to state their confessional differences up front, mirroring what is already required for Teaching Elders. So far 50 Presbyteries have voted in favor and 25 against. It needs 8 more votes in favor in order to come before the next General Assembly for a final vote to make it constitutional. There are two main reasons, in my estimation, for why this should pass.

1). This amendment makes explicit what is already implied in the Book of Church Order. The BCO already requires RE’s and Deacons to make known to their Session any differences they may have with the Westminster Standards subsequent to their ordination (BCO 24-6). This is also what Teaching Elders are required to do (BCO 21-5). Yet the BCO makes it explicit that Teaching Elders also must state their differences up front before they are ordained (BCO 21-4). It would not make any sense to require a TE to make known differences that arise after his ordination without first inquiring whether he had any prior to his ordination. Yet, this is exactly how our BCO currently reads for RE’s and Deacons. A question for those who disagree with item 5 is why we require RE’s and Deacons to state differences subsequent to them becoming officers when we do not require this in order for them to become officers in the first place? In order to maintain consistency with the offices of the church, we should pass this amendment so RE’s and Deacons are required to state any confessional differences up front before their ordination.

2). This amendment protects the confessional fidelity of our church. Many may not realize that members of PCA churches are not required to hold to the doctrine of the church. Thus, technically speaking, a person could join a PCA church and disagree with the majority of the Westminster Standards (though we may question the wisdom of an individual joining a church of which they have nothing in common theologically, it is still permissible). Because of this, it is vital that the officers in our churches hold to the Westminster Standards. If both the laity and the officers reject certain doctrines in our Standards, there is a much stronger possibility of compromise and theological corruption. Thus, it is vital that men state up front what kind of differences they have with the Standards so the Session can assess whether the differences are out of accord with any fundamental of our system of doctrine.

Item 5 needs to pass.

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Jude 3 | The Church and World | Issue 18

https://t.co/NUl2hBaKZX

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Jude 3 | Contend for the Faith | Issue 194

Plurality of Elders Protects Pastor | Desire for Evangelical Elite | Religious Leaders Who Are “Brave” | Difference Between Presbyterians & Congregationalists at Westminster Assembly | Desecration of Man

https://t.co/qTga0Mp0az

[Zachary Garris @ZacharyGarris]

We know OPC minister Edmund Clowney was a big influence on Tim Keller.

And sure enough, Clowney in 1995 argued (wrongly) that 1 Timothy 3 allows for female deacons.

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Jude 3 | Our Common Salvation | Issue 70

The Triumphal Entry | What Is Christ’s Humiliation & Why Is It Important? | Christ in the State of Humiliation | The Emotional Life of Our LORD

https://t.co/Lk3VAnkAnu

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[I]n our times of trouble, we hold tightly to our everlasting God, because we know that God has given us everything we have and He will take care of every single need...He knows the very hairs on your head.

https://t.co/oUIMnJEuP4

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Jude 3 | Contend for the Faith | Issue 193

A Southern Baptist Reckoning | Responding to Racism in the Church | Resources for Ruling Elders | The Gospel (of Nice) According to French

https://t.co/Ii1A6JWd6k

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Jude 3 | Our Common Salvation | Issue 69

What Is Wrong with Preaching Today? | Why the Church Must Care about Preaching | Faithful Preaching in a Fashionable World | Paul's Preaching & Postmodern Skepticism

https://t.co/7U7P6T6R4e