The following article was originally published on the Presbyterian Polity blog at pcapolity.com. Confusion as a Instrument of the Devil One of the most powerful instruments of chaos in the devil’s arsenal is confusion. Through the use of slick words, direct contradiction, subtle deception, false information, and emotional manipulation, the church’s great foe frequently blows infernal smoke […]
New Officer Training Program at Old Antioch
“It is a trustworthy statement: if any man aspires to the office of overseer, it is a fine work he desires to do.” ~ 1 Timothy 3:1 “For this reason I left you in Crete, that you would set in order what remains and appoint elders in every city as I directed you.” ~ Titus […]
Pain, Suffering, & Death Class by William “Bill” Johnson
“I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” ~ Romans 8:38, 39 “These things have […]
Our Church’s Humble Petition against Gender Reassignment Procedures
Last year in Memphis, Tennessee, the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) conducted its 50th General Assembly. Over 2,300 commissioners representing the denomination’s 1,627 churches (plus 305 mission works) and 390,319 members adopted a number of formal resolutions (referred to as overtures) for the life and business of the Church as a whole. One such resolution […]
The Central Importance of Faith for Ministry: Taking Christ at His Word
The following article was originally published on the Gospel Reformation Network blog at gospelreformation.net/. “Truly I say to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you.” ~ Matthew 17:20b In Matthew […]
The Order of Salvation: Regeneration
The following article was originally published on the Place for Truth blog of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals at placefortruth.org. Do you remember the moment when the Spirit of God effected your regeneration? Can you pinpoint the instant in which you were “born again” (1 Ptr. 1:3, 23)? You have probably heard testimonies describing a sudden […]