presbycast

ARP pastor Ben Glaser joins us to talk about jure divino (divine right) presbyterianism and why it's good for the sheep, the soul, and the elders. This is the regulative principle applied to the government of the church.

Some follow-up thoughts after the last RCW -- a few more thoughts on when/if/why churches would choose to leave the PCA.

Brad reflects on the day's voting results in PCA presbyteries and the calls for division and feelings of doubt and despair that must surely follow. This is the highest-speed RCW episode ever with the Presbaru reaching at least 75 MPH during the recording session.

Sarah and Zoe kick off their first live show discussing Sarah's pre-GA Aquila Report article, which was published last June and ranked #2 most read on the AR for the entire year of 2021. They venture also for the very first time into the world of advice distribution, listing 5 of 10 ways to encourage women in the church, the second installment of which is soon to follow.

Sarah's article: https://theaquilareport.com/to-my-fathers-and-brothers-a-plea-from-your-sister/

Old friend and small-town pastor Chris Ames (aka Twitter's Chuck Finney) joins us to talk about money, the Gospel-Industrial Complex, conference culture, and sustainable and scalable church. Chris offers a model of success and contentment not tied to size and celebrity.

OPC pastor Chris Drew joins us again as we examine the critical chapter of the Westminster Confession of Faith that deals with covenant -- the key structure of Reformed theology and the crucial way that God has chosen to deal with man. View our talk on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ktfeJLu5Do

Originally recorded in 2020, this episode commemorates the death of J. Gresham Machen on Jan. 1, 1937 in a tiny North Dakota hospital, alone and separated from friends or family save the Rev. Sam Allen, whose account we read. We also have context from Machen's biographer Ned Stonehouse. Here is the edition of The Presbyterian Journal (https://opc.org/cfh/guardian/Volume_3/1937-01-23.pdf) that marked Machen's death and a downloadable PDF (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MYfMayCxpWqtw8_Gp2rpHsvyzPGZaund/view) of the article by Rev. Samuel Allen (https://opc.org/today.html?history_id=533).

Church historian D.G. Hart joins us for a review of 2021 plus a fascinating breakdown of a little-known but very significant church planting network with clips from the "Rise and Fall of Mars Hill" podcast. Dr. Hart suggested this series as well for those interested in church planting: Church Planting 1: The Movement | StartUp (gimletmedia.com)