presbycast

We talk about music—singable, simple, congregatonal, appropriate music for public worship in the church—with Sean and Sarah Morris, a pastor and a pianist who are both well-trained and actively engaged in the life and ministry of a local church. You are bound to find something of interest if church music interests you at all...which it must do if you're a Christian! We look at a new Getty song and we talk about how church music got to where it is today and about the commercialization and commodification of Christian music.

Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXbbb0CX0X8

Because we didn't want to watch election coverage we talked about tacos...and the election and politics...and the church...for three hours. From Nixon to Mexican cheeses to church fellowship meal menus—we covered it all. Consume this content at your own risk.

Watch: https://www.youtube.com/live/8HzTh_dnvxs

"What Did Machen Eat?" article: https://presbycast.substack.com/p/what-did-machen-eat

Pastor Ryan Biese of First Presbyterian Church (PCA) of Fort Oglethorpe, GA preached this applied exposition of Psalm 37 on 11/3/2024 with the US election season being in view. The intro and outro music is Psalm 137 from the Trinity Psalter Hymnal by TJ Hallet. 

Pastors Derrick Brite, Ryan Biese, and Matt Adams plus Presbygirl Zoe joined us to discuss Tucker Carlson's ballyhooed "spiritual" encounter and the spiritual worship that Reformed churches ought to enjoy. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll be confused! And you might be edified.

Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUcahktpHa0

Pastor Job Dalomba joins us to talk about living in tumultuous political times, being neigborly, and applying Reformed theological truths. 

Based on: https://presbycast.substack.com/p/16-thoughts-for-christian-citizens

Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Azc6QRsbCWs

Evangelical taxonomy, political angst, PCA polling, un-civil culture wars and...the place of humor in the Bible, the Christian life and personal sanity—that's pretty much all we talked about with friends Dr. DG Hart of Hillsdale College and Stephen Spinnenweber, pastor of Westminster PCA in Jacksonville, FL. 

Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slWmtTp5LKE

The article: https://dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories/5-kinds-of-american-evangelicals-and-their-voting-patterns/

The poll: https://www.graphsaboutreligion.com/p/how-40-protestant-denominations-voted

Pastors Dan Borvan (URCNA), Chris Drew (OPC), Zack Groff, and Ryan Biese (PCA) joined our panel to talk about the latest hot trend in the Reformed and evangelical worlds—ministers and young people decamping to the Anglican communion...whatever that is. 

Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5gWHDesuuE

https://religionunplugged.com/news/2024/10/1/will-anglicans-save-evangelicalism

https://juicyecumenism.com/2024/09/26/wheaton-anglican-pipeline/

https://juicyecumenism.com/2024/10/08/anglo-catholicism-west-virginia/

Dr. David Hall is the senior pastor of Midway Presbyterian Church in Powder Springs, GA. He is a prolific author, serves on the board of Westminster Seminary California, and is one of the organizers of the Reformation & Worship Conference that will be held October 10-13 at IPC in Savannah. You can register for the conference here. You can check out David's books here and listen to his sermons here. (F&B episodes are usually released monthly, but we wanted to get this one out before the worship conference.)

Special thanks to Nathan Clark George for our opening and closing instrumental. Nathan serves as the Pastor of Worship alongside Kevin DeYoung at Christ Covenant Church in Matthews, NC. You can access Nathan's fantastic catalog here.

 The Presbygirls are back with a slightly different kind of show this time - we interviewed PCA minister Perry McCall and his wife Robin about their son's cancer diagnosis at 8, and what it was like for their family and Perry's ministry. The McCalls take us through the timeline of Andrew's treatment, covering topics like the encouragement of the local church, the importance of the Lord's day, and guiding children through hard and severe situations.

Watch: https://youtube.com/live/HDsMMQVz73k

Dr. C.N. "Nick" Willborn has pastored Covenant Presbyterian Church (PCA) since 2009 and continues to teach at Reformed seminaries as an adjunct after teaching full time for a number of years. 

Dr. Willborn's many previous sermons and presentations on Presbycast may be found here.

Special thanks to Nathan Clark George for our opening and closing instrumental. Nathan serves as the Pastor of Worship alongside Kevin DeYoung at Christ Covenant Church in Matthews, NC. You can access Nathan's fantastic catalog here.