Pastors Matt Adams and Kyle Brent discuss the need for the PCA to unite in our use of language regarding official titles. Currently in the PCA there are many congregations who address unordained men and women as "deacon" or "pastor," despite our Book of Church Order using those titles in a technical, official sense. Item 1 would explicitly limit the use of those titles to refer to ordained men only.

David Hall and Zack Groff join the show to discuss Hall's new book, Irony & the Presbyterian Church in America, which reflects on the first half century of the PCA's life.

Pastors Josh Rieger and Andy Young discuss how the Westminster Standards provide not merely a summary of the teaching of Scripture, but a philosophy of ministry. Rieger and Young reflect on their experience seeing churches planted and built up through the ordinary means of grace in very different places in England. Rev. Young is pastor of Oxford Presbyterian Church in England (https://www.oxfordpres.co.uk). Rev. Rieger is currently Pastor of Riverside Church in Beaumont, Tex. (https://www.riversidetx.org), but until recently was the organizing pastor at Hexham Presbyterian Church in England (https://hexhampres.uk).

Professor James Bruce (https://jamesebruce.com) joins the show to talk about proposals to admit atheists as witnesses to PCA Church Courts. We discuss whether atheists can even take an oath as well as a particular proposal from Piedmont Triad Presbytery that would remove witness oaths completely from PCA Church Courts.

Eighteen Months ago, TE George Sayour wrote an article analyzing the use of language in the PCA. Sayour expressed concern that Post-Modernism is frustrating efforts to promote unity and understanding the PCA. TEs Job Dalomba and Sayour join the show to reflect on how things have improved since the article was published as well as areas for continued growth in terms of faithfulness and integrity. 

Read the original here: https://irreverentreverend.org/2022/02/26/progressive-legalism-postmodern-chaos-in-the-pca/

Season 1, Episode 5 of the Westminster Standard.

The Westminster Standard is the podcast of Jude 3 & the PCA. Visit the website: jude3pca.org

TE Mark Robinson (twitter.com/Merobinaa) and TE Derrick Brite (twitter.com/DerrickBrite) discuss recent comments by "Big Eva" elites expressing dislike for Bunyan's writings. Is Bunyan still relevant to the PCA? Has our "therapeutic age" moved beyond the introspection of the 17th Century Puritans?

Pastors Sean Morris and Job Dalomba discuss the dangers to the PCA posed by paedocommunion in terms of both the spiritual health and unity of the denomination

Watch the episode via YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jayx1389gaw

Authors Justin Andrusk & Matt Lee and others join us to discuss their article on the morning and evening worship in the PCA as well as the controversy that ensued after publishing the results of their study. Brad Isbell joins as well to discuss his own article published today reflecting on the study's conclusions.

https://pcapolity.com/2023/08/22/morning-evening-in-the-pca/

https://heidelblog.net/2023/08/evening-worship-in-the-pca-did-it-die-of-natural-causes-neglect-or-euthanasia/#respond

Dr Steve Tipton and Dr Duncan Rankin join to discuss the foundational principles of our polity, which set forth the nature of the Church and of Church power. These principles have been subjected to wide misinterpretation and misapplication in recent years. Drs Tipton and Rankin help to set us straight.

RE James "Bebo" Elkin and I discuss how the PCA has changed since 1973, the early days of PCA Campus Ministry, and how pastors and ministerial candidates should prepare for a (new) call.