Scott, Jared, and Ben are joined by Steve Tipton in the first of two conversations about the PCA BCO Preliminary Principles. 

PCA BCO online

Episode 1: Preface I

Steve Tipton is the pastor of Covenant PCA in Panama City, FL, and an editor at Presbyterian Polity.

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prolegomena: a formal essay or critical discussion serving to introduce and interpret an extended work

Westminster Confession 21

James Bannerman's The Church of Christ

Guy Waters' How Jesus Runs the Church

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Scott, Jared, and Ben discuss the first part of the BCO Preface.

Dear Listener, I apologize for speaking ignorantly--our show notes cannot accomodate the entire first section of the Preface. Please visit this link to access the BCO online: PCA BCO online

BCO Commentaries
Modern: Morton Smith, Per Almquist forthcoming
Historical: F.P. Ramsay, J.A. Hodge

Historical polity resources
Changes over the years to BCO: pcahistory.org
Free Church of Scotland - James Bannerman - Church of Christ
PCUSA - Alexander McGill - Princeton
PCUS - Thomas Peck - Columbia

PCA Polity

Westminster Shorter Catechism

Westminster Larger Catechism

Kanye West "Selah"

Kanye West "Closed on Sunday"

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Scott, Jared, and Ben introduce themselves and discuss the plans for Polity Matters.

Where we’re headed (beginning September 5!):

• Bring Your Own BCO (Fall): PCA BCO chapter by chapter.
• Before the Book (Winter): History, theology, philosophy of polity
• Some Assembly Required (Spring): In anticipation of PCA GA, assembly operations, overtures, amendments
• Parliamentary Inquiry (Summer): Robert’s Rules, parliamentary procedure

Resources

• Morton Smith's Commentary on the BCO (2007)
• F.P. Ramsay's Exposition of the Form of Government and the Rules of Discipline of the PCUS (1898)
• pcahistory.org
• J. Aspinwall Hodge's What is Presbyterian Law
• Guy Waters: How Jesus Runs the Church; Well Ordered, Living Well
• Jacob Gerber's Parliamentary Procedure for Presbyters

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Listen in to our final planning session for the upcoming Polity Matters podcast.
We discuss polity resources and how we're going to handle guests and initial topics. There's even some good spreadsheet talk toward the end for all you nerds.

Oh, and in the middle is the first round of a trivia game we'll play once in a while...


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