Kevin D. Gardner

Justified sinner, husband, father, Nittany Lion. Associate editor @Ligonier @Tabletalk. PCA TE.

[Kevin D. Gardner @KevinDGardner]

@BestBuySupport Again, please point me to the section of the terms and conditions that excludes this product. The terms and conditions do not mention "new," "refurbished," or "open box." And a lack of an option to add protection is meaningless when the page itself says benefits are applied.

[Kevin D. Gardner @KevinDGardner]

@BestBuy I have a My Best Buy Total membership and I purchased some Apple products. I was told that they are not eligible for coverage because they are open box. This is not reflected in your terms and conditions. Please let me know how to get this corrected.

[Kevin D. Gardner @KevinDGardner]

@BestBuySupport Please point out in your terms and conditions where I could have understood that before I made the purchase, especially since you can see that the website says it is eligible for protection.

[Kevin D. Gardner @KevinDGardner]

@BestBuySupport There is no confusion. When I bought it, it said it was eligible for protection. Your terms and conditions do not make an exception for open box items. If they do, point me to the exact location. Otherwise, you are engaging in fraud.

[Christian Focus @Christian_Focus]

.@AaronGarriott's new book Thy Deepest Distress: Anxiety and Depression in the Christian Life will be released next week!

Find out what he has to say about it: https://t.co/WJYJInaliY

[Kevin D. Gardner @KevinDGardner]

@presbycast I hope you're right.

[byFaith Online @PCAByFaith]

The 36th overture for consideration by the 53rd #PCAGA has been received. The overture comes from Catawba Valley Presbytery and proposes to "Add BCO 8-11 and 9-8 Regarding the Exercise of the Duties and Authority of Elder and Deacon." https://t.co/c3ZP01q5Wa

[Kevin D. Gardner @KevinDGardner]

@SEdburg Hard copies? For shame!

[Tabletalk Magazine @Tabletalk]

When we prioritize the immediate over the enduring, we lose sight of what really matters. —@KevinDGardner https://t.co/mGxIJszB4U

[Thomas Rickard @ThomasERickard]

My Response to “PCA Prayer and Lament” https://t.co/lgc0rcGKNB

[byFaith Online @PCAByFaith]

The 55th Assembly will take place June 26-30, 2028, at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas. https://t.co/NMc72kklok

[📖Matthew Everhard @matt_everhard]

This should be PCA approach going forward:
✅ Public Pressure to conform to BCO
✅ Members address their sessions directly
✅ Call for deaconesses, shepherdesses to resign
✅ Utilize the courts to address rogue polity and discipline the recalcitrant
✅ Further overtures at GA

[Aaron L. Garriott @AaronGarriott]

It’s the official release day!

https://t.co/pBXoRHebT9..

[Kevin D. Gardner @KevinDGardner]

@SEdburg @PolityMatters I couldn’t believe what I was hearing.

[Kevin D. Gardner @KevinDGardner]

@JustinBorger Agreed. There is much work to do.

[Zachary Groff 📖 @ZGroff]

Long post about what to do when a PCA pastor or member defects to Rome...

There appears to be some confusion on how to respond to the Romish departure of a PCA member (ordained or otherwise), but the Book of Church Order gives us very clear direction on how to handle this "Case without Process."

As per BCO 38-3.b...

"When a member or minister of the Presbyterian Church in America shall attempt to withdraw from the communion of this branch of the visible Church by affiliating with a body judged by the court of original jurisdiction as failing to maintain the Word and Sacraments in their fundamental integrity (BCO 2-2), that member or minister shall be warned of his danger, and if he persists, his name shall be erased from the roll, thereby, so far as the Presbyterian Church in America is concerned, he is deemed no longer to be a member in any body which rightly maintains the Word and Sacraments in their fundamental integrity, and if an officer, thereby withdrawing from him all authority to exercise his office as derived from this Church. When so acting the court shall make full record of the matter and shall notify the offender of its action."

Some helpful points to note:

1 - The PCA regards the Roman Catholic Church (as per WCF 24.3) as within this serialized categorization: "infidels, papists, or other idolaters." That is, we constitutionally regard the Roman Catholic Church as "failing to maintain the Word and Sacraments in their fundamental integrity." There are other confessional and catechetical citations I could produce to this effect, but this one is sufficient to establish the point.

2 - For Teaching Elders, the exercise of office includes (among many other things) the administration of the Lord's Supper. Therefore, someone who announces (either privately or publicly) his defection to Rome should not be welcome to serve the Lord's Supper.

3 - The prophet Zechariah has this to say to those pastors who defect from the true church: "O idol shepherd that leaveth the flock: the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye. His arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened" (11:17 - 1599 Geneva Bible). From this damning indictment upon the apostate minister, we can deduce that the appropriate response to apostasy is not sentimental expressions of high regard for the one forsaking our holy religion, but rather urgent pleading and warning. Public displays of affection for such a one, however much he may be loved by the church he once served, are terribly confusing and dangerous.

4 - Consider how we would react if a minister stood up in a worship service and announced that he was leaving his wife for his mistress, but was going to serve the Lord's Supper one last time. What would be the appropriate response? Surely we wouldn't allow him to desecrate the Table. Surely we would remain in our seats and refuse the elements, or even exit the premises. How much worse is it when a man announces that he is leaving his Lord for some earthly potentate!?! Most assuredly, we would not gather the leaders of the congregation around him to pray over him in blessing on his new relationship.

May our prayer for those who fall under the spell of Rome or Constantinople or Mecca or Varanasi or the many modern iterations of Babylon the great be that Christ would recover them from Satanic deception by the Word which proceeds from his mouth like a two-edged sword. May the sword of truth swipe at them with the edge of mercy rather than the edge of justice.

[Presbycast @presbycast]

A PCA Scandal of Roman Proportions - Twelve Theses

[Scott Edburg @SEdburg]

Take. Read. Lest you be made a fool in the public square.
https://t.co/zOiDnVcGPb

[Zachary Groff 📖 @ZGroff]

From a good friend and conscientious presbyter who effectively captures the personal and parliamentary dynamics of what happened with Tim Brindle and Kevin DeYoung—long story short is that Wilson & Co. are woefully ignorant of what went down:

### begin paste ###

I don't normally post things like this, but in this case I think it's important.

If you've heard online discussion or read Doug Wilson's recent article, you might be under the impression that at PCA GA, Kevin DeYoung wrongly silenced a perfectly fine speech during debate. He has been pilloried as a "progressive" for this by many.

The reality? Nothing could be further from the truth. Let me give you a detailed breakdown of what actually happened, in a short period of time:

- Tim Brindle (a friend and colleague of mine at Westminster) begins his speech.

- Brindle spoke on Scripture, and on issues (affinity groups) without interruption.

- Then, Brindle unfortunately offered a personal statement that assigned motive to Ince's position, when he said "if [Ince] believes that he is not safe in a space with me...". This sort of conjecture is a clear, objective violation of Robert's Rules (RONR §43 says "under no circumstances can he attack or question the motive of another member"). Our Assembly follows Robert's Rules.

- At that point several other commissioners simultaneously stood/shouted to raise a point of order to rule the speech intemperate. Had DeYoung so ordered it, Brindle would have been asked to apologize with possible censure.

- Instead, DeYoung decided *not* to rule intemperance, but simply to give a warning to Tim, which is about the mildest thing that can be done in this situation.

- DeYoung successfully defused the situation, and allowed the time clock to expire naturally, moving us forward in the conversation while lowering tensions in the room.

Those attacking DeYoung are wrong on what happened, why it happened, and have themselves assigned false motive.

Keep your cultural war hobby horses out of our good parliamentary decorum, please. #pcaga

### end paste ###

[Nick Batzig @Nick_Batzig]

Both @RevKevDeYoung and Timothy Brindle have served the people of God well. I count myself blessed to call both dear friends. Both are men of conviction and integrity. The job of a moderator is to do just that—to “moderate” a meeting according to parliamentarian rules that everyone is bound to in our system of government. Instead of seeing this as a war, I encourage everyone to stop listening to divisive individuals.