This book review originally appeared on the Presbyterian Polity website here. The venerable ecclesiastical word “Presbyterian” has fallen on hard times. The Twentieth Century played host to a fierce contest between so-called Modernists in one corner and so-called Fundamentalists in the other. Christians of every denominational stripe were caught between the opposing forces of theological […]
Polity Protects the Pulpit
The following article was originally published on the Presbyterian Polity blog at pcapolity.com. After the 50th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), I had the unique privilege to spend 8.5 hours in my car with a founding father of the denomination. Dr. Joseph A. Pipa, Jr. and I made the long drive from Memphis […]
The Sabbath at the Supreme Court
The following article was originally published on the Reformation21 blog of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals at reformation21.org. Over the past several months, I’ve been tracking the progress of what I call “Uncle Gerry’s Case.” Gerald Groff[1] is an Evangelical Christian of the conservative Mennonite variety hailing from beautiful Lancaster County, Pennsylvania who has become a champion […]
Our Spiritual FAQs
The sun was shining as I parked my car in front of a new sandwich shop downtown when my college classmate in the passenger seat posed the frequently asked question, “What do you as a Presbyterian believe, anyway?” Almost instinctively, I began “I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth…” and […]
Psalm 130: Redeemed from the Depths
The following article was originally published on the Place for Truth blog of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals at placefortruth.org. You would not know it from a vantage point on one of the many docks dotting the shoreline of Lake Murray, but this manmade reservoir is uniquely massive. The so-called “Jewel of South Carolina” has […]
The Divine Hammer of the Reformation
The following article was originally published in November 2019 on Woodruff Road Presbyterian Church’s blog, “Pastor’s Press.” Pastor Groff served as a pastoral intern at Woodruff Road Presbyterian Church before coming to Antioch as part of the current reorganization effort. Martin Luther (1483-1546) gets a lot of press this time of year, and for good cause. […]
