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  • A Failure of Pastoral Nerve: Some Thoughts on Ecclesial Leadership in the 21st Century Church for Pastors and Ruling Elders

    A Failure of Pastoral Nerve: Some Thoughts on Ecclesial Leadership in the 21st Century Church for Pastors and Ruling Elders

    These are thoughts shared with the TPC ruling elders some years ago, but I have decided to make them public here with the hope others in church leadership will find them helpful. Pastors are required to be leaders of men. They must shepherd the shepherds, helping ruling elders do their work in the congregation effectively.… Read more

  • A Time for Courage

    A Time for Courage

    The times we live in require courage on the part of God’s people. Our faith is assailed from various angles in our culture. We need courage to hear and do God’s Word. We need courage to preach the gospel in a culture that is increasingly hostile Jesus and his truth. We need courage to stand… Read more

  • As if on Thrones: A Meal Fit for Kings

    As if on Thrones: A Meal Fit for Kings

    One question that comes up from time to time is “Why does TPC take communion seated?” This may not seem like a big deal, but the proper posture for the Lord’s Supper has caused serious debate in the history of the church, and continues to be an issue over which different Christian traditions are divided.… Read more

  • Worship Exhortation: Hope and Courage

    Worship Exhortation: Hope and Courage

    This post is based on the exhortation given before worship on August 16, 2020. Our highest privilege is gathering for the divine service each Lord’s day. What we do in the liturgy not only cleans up the messes we made in the previous week (as we confess our sins and hear absolution), it also lays… Read more

  • Life Is Simple

    Life Is Simple

    In my previous post on BLM, I claimed that the main problem facing blacks in America is the same problem facing virtually every ethnic group in our land – the breakdown of the family. It is not racism or white supremacy, but fatherlessness, that best explains the plight of blacks today. Whatever reforms need to be… Read more

  • Doxing, Genevan Commons, and the Contradictions of Reformed Feminism

    Doxing, Genevan Commons, and the Contradictions of Reformed Feminism

    I’ve been in my share of ecclesiastical controversies over the years, so I am very reluctant to get involved in a controversy that does not – and need not – involve me. But I cannot help from making a few comments on the “Aimee Byrd vs. Genevan Commons” saga that is unfolding. I have not looked at… Read more