In this week's Reformation Week episode @ReformTheoSem Chancellor @LigonDuncan expounds the ongoing brilliance and relevance of the Westminster Confession and highlights a new commentary by the RTS Faculty. Bonus content on the health of the #PCAGA.
A wonderful Lord's Day at Eastern Heights Presbyterian Church with @GPTSeminary President Emeritus Joseph A. Pipa preaching both services. And a joint evening worship service with the saints from three other Presbyterian congregations. Such glorious preaching and singing!
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A nice review in @PCAByFaith of the new @ReformTheoSem faculty commentary on the Westminster Confession of Faith.
“The Westminster Confession of Faith: A Comprehensive Commentary on its History, Theology, and Application” makes the Reformed doctrines both nutritious and appealing. ow.ly/yWtY50ZZjUz
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Britain once threatened war with its oldest friend. 🇬🇧
A friendship sealed at Windsor in 1386. Still in force today. 🤝
In 1839 Britain told Portugal: stop shipping human beings. Or the Royal Navy will stop you. ⚓
Off East Africa, HMS Modeste chased a slave ship for nearly nine hours. 695 people stepped onto a jetty at Cape Town. Never sold. 🕊️
They teach you the ships that carried people. Not the ones that stopped them.
Watch the full story. 🎥
Some people didn't like @TexasPreacher's comments on flowers and worship and worship spaces. Here he has more to say and explains why he said it.
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The @ReformTheoSem faculty has just produced a comprehensive commentary on the Westminster Confession of Faith @crossway. Copies got here to @RTSJackson today. Thank you to @jvfesko John Muether & @dblairsmith for editing.
Officer training continues this Lord's Day at 5PM for EHPC Here is an overview of what we'll be considering this week: the Preliminary Principles of Presbyterianism as adopted by the Synod of New York & New Jersey in 1788, the Presbyterian Church in the Confederate States in 1861, and Eastern Heights Presbyterian Church in 2026.
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There are three essentials to pursuing church-planting that will promote faithfulness and renewal in the PCA:
1) Missional Clarity
2) Proactive Integrity
3) Compelling Leadership
Check out the article on @PCAPolity for further elaboration on these three essentials.
I am so pleased & excited for @ReformTheoSem to have the fmr Pres of @GroveCtyCollege. McNulty was instrumental in revitalizing GCC's commitment to its historic principles, in the recruiting of Carl Trueman to the faculty, and in major campus upgrades. Well done, @LigonDuncan!
How many of the men around this table are still "in the fight" (as @HarryLReeder3 used to say). Wise question from @LigonDuncan and great answer from Carl Trueman (who has blocked me on all social media for some reason).
Carl Trueman on the dangers of the celebrity pastor.
This is from 10 years ago now, but is still relevant. It may not be as critical of an issue as it was at the height of the YRR movement and the conference circuits, but there still are individuals who command significant influence — most of their sway these days just comes from podcasts, social media, YouTube, and maybe books, as opposed to the conference circuit model from before. And it’s good that men are gifted and influential, but as Trueman points out, there are dangers in that come with that.
Trueman highlights two main issues:
- an aspirational model of ministry that is increasingly nothing like what aspiring ministers are actually going to experience in ministry
- worldly categories of success instead of faithful categories of success
He said he remembers asking students at Westminster Theological Seminary: “Who's been the most influential preacher in your life?”
He said, “Almost never do they actually say, ‘Well, it's the man who preaches at my home church.’”
Lots to chew on from this clip, but it’s an issue that hasn’t gone away.
Here's a preview of this Lord's Day's officer training class at Eastern Heights. We will start to consider the nature of church power but focus on the distinctive ministries of Elders and Deacons.
The #PCAGA will have grown to 89 Presbyteries by the start of 2027. Thanks to TE John McKenzie of West Hills in Knoxville (@thescruffysaint) for this recommendation on how to pray as these new courts begin their work.
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