Dr. C.N. "Nick" Willborn, senior pastor of Covenant PCA in Oak Ridge, TN, preaches an excellent sermon on the nature and mission of the church.

You may view the service in which it was preached here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fao1cGXmE64

Hillsdale historian DG Hart and California pastor Chad Vegas join us to talk about worship through the centuries and the long, strange trip Vegas' reforming church has made. Again, we look behind a church curtain...and even peek into the drummer cage. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmOF98_sAGw

Scholar-pastor Harrison Perkins walks us through his new book Reformed Covenant Theology.

His friend (and ours) Derrick Brite helps us along the way.

Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UbLXl0qCK8

Our panel of five works through a controversial piece by New York Times columnist and former PCA member David French. Read it or listen to it here: (as long as firewall link works): https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/12/opinion/right-wing-presbyterian-church-canceled.html?unlocked_article_code=1.CU4.WNW_.X-JUJe-yJ6Dj&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Watch the show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_sw_MhHnaQ

PCA church planter Alexandre Sarran and pastor-scholar Dr. Dan Borvan join us to talk about religious life in France now and in the 16th and 17th centuries, the era of the Huguenots.

Learn more here: https://theaquilareport.com/about-confessional-presbyterian-church-planting-in-calvins-homeland/ and here: https://www.egliselyongerland.org/

Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_X74acSxkU

The late Dr. Martyn Llloyd-Jones joins us as we fight through a collection of 20th-century patriotic (mostly) gospel songs and cultural artifacts. Our conclusion: Little has changed in the USA and it's easy to find weird songs. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye2UY6L-M88

We hear the unique story of Wilson Van Hooser, the pastor of Grace Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Stillwater, OK and host of the Gospel Gazing podcast. He is a former RUF minister, and played college and professional football. Sean Morris joined us as well.

Here's a Substack by Wilson: https://substack.com/home/post/p-66526538

Watch the show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moPBhL9lLl4

Carl Robbins is the Senior Pastor at Woodruff Road Presbyterian Church in Greenville, SC. He has served on the boards of crisis pregnancy centers, Christian schools, and seminaries. He has spoken to college groups, medical school forums, state legislative groups, seminary chapels, and church conferences. His special passion is training pastors in developing countries, from Hungary and Bulgaria to Brazil and Peru. Check out his sermons here, and Table Talk articles 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.

OPC ruling elder and seminary student Kevin Vasquez tells us about his progression from pentecostalism to Manhattan network church planter to the church of Machen. Fellow OPC ruling elder Dr. D.G. Hart joined our panel as well. Follow Kevin at https://twitter.com/KevinRVasquez

Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35CaQl6AKho

A proper discussion of theology proper (the doctrine of God) with PCA pastor Derrick Brite of First Presbyterian Church, Aliceville, AL. Tremendously encouraging and pastoral. (Be sure you have the 1 hour, 24-minute version - if you have the 1 hour, 19-minute version delete and download again.)

Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJGPvj2mCPM