This morning, we were delighted to welcome Michael and Ivana Cuneo to join us for worship and Sunday School. Pastor Cuneo is a minister in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) called and sent by Calvary Presbytery to the pioneering ministry of church-planting in Perugia, Italy. During our Sunday School hour, Pastor Cuneo gave a […]
Gratitude for Calvary Presbytery’s “Word & Deed” Ministry Team
At Antioch, we are very grateful to our Presbytery’s Word & Deed ministry team for helping us over the summer to remove two large downed trees in the northwest corner of our property (at the edge of the historic Antioch cemetery). In God’s providence, the two trees (one large oak and one slightly less large […]
Presbyterianism & the Regional Church
The following article was originally published on the Presbyterian Polity blog at pcapolity.com. What makes this church over here Presbyterian and that church over there Episcopalian or Lutheran or Congregational or Baptist or Pentecostal or Anglican or Independent? In other words, what’s in a name? From where do we derive the nomenclature which we have […]
The Radical Society
The following article is adapted from one originally published in July 2020 on the Alliance of Confessing Evangelical’s blog entitled reformation21. Radicalism is on the rise. As noted by Senior Academic Fellow Jonathan Pugh of Newcastle University, the phrase “radical politics” [1] in our day describes activism that targets and subverts the root (Latin: radix) of reigning public […]
The Gift of Sleep: Capturing the Biblical Vision of Rest
The following article was originally published in September 2016 on the Alliance of Confessing Evangelical’s blog entitled Christward Collective (now absorbed into Place for Truth). Caffeine. Late-night TV. Smartphones. Sugar. After-hours work e-mails. What do they have in common? With stunning success, we use these things – and more besides – to regularly rob ourselves of […]
What a Privilege!
The following article was originally published in October 2018 on the Alliance of Confessing Evangelical’s blog entitled Christward Collective (now absorbed into Place for Truth). During family worship one night, my son was growing increasingly distracted—to which children his age are inclined. I gently reached over and grasped my son’s shoulders, and said, “Remember son, […]
