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We ring out the year that has wrung many of us out with a selection of Presbycasty tunes and a long talk about 2020 with our friend Dr. R. Scott Clark of Westminster Seminary California and the Heidelblog media empire. We talk COVID, church, radio, and dogs. The interview portion runs from about 19:00 to 1:23:00 for those who hate good music.

For the benefit of newer listeners or those with short memories, this is another "Best of" encore presentation from 2017, when Chris Drew , pastor of a small church, joined us talk about the small church experience. Chris has joined us many times since, but this show got lots of positive reaction three and a half years ago.

For the benefit of newer listeners or those with short memories, this is our first "Best of" encore presentation. Originally posted 2/1/2017, Dr. R. Scott Clark of Westminster Seminary California joins us to talk about his article "When Confessional P & R Congregations Do Not Exist Or Disappoint" about the lost sheep who struggle to find a confessional church in their area. Article here: https://h...

It's the most Presbycast time of the year! Our annual Festivus show features pastor Dan Borvan and show pal Amish Ambush. We actually talked about important stuff -- worship, the church, and liberty. We also had a good time airing grievances and lauding feats of strength.

Dr. Dominic Aquila -- pioneering internet journalist, pastor and church planter, seminary professor and president, church historian, and former moderator of the PCA General Assembly -- joins us to discuss the past, present, and future of the Presbyterian Church in America. And in so doing we touched on the history of most of presbyterianism in North America. 

Twitter's own Odd Deacon , a real-life architect, joins us for the first Church Architecture Show . We talk about basic, big picture concepts concerning church design and worship spaces. Ranger the Presby Dog also made an unscheduled appearance. You may also view the show on YouTube which gives you the benefit of a few visuals, but we did not integrate the visuals to the degree we hope to in the f...

Presbyterian church planter Albert "Berti" Kona of Durres, Albania joins us to tell his amazing story and manages to inspire, warn, and amuse us along the way. This type of show is why Presbycast exists -- don't miss a minute of it. Support for the church in Albania can be sent to Woodruff Road Presbyterian (PCA) in Greenville, SC.

LCMS pastor Hans Fiene of Lutheran Satire fame joins us to talk culture, elections, COVID, and why Lutherans are funnier than Presbyterians.

We are joined by several quality guests including Dr. Darryl G. Hart of Hillsdale College to discuss the election results as they came in...to no certain result. We tried to answer questions such as "What difference will it make who wins?" and "What holds this country together?"

We explore the intersection of Christianity and libertarianism and...2020 with Kerry Baldwin , a prolific writer and podcaster at the Christian Libertarian Institute and her own website Mere Liberty . 

Our friend Andy Webb of Fayetteville, NC gives his solo report of the proceedings of the 2020 Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church general synod which met for two days this week in Columbia, SC. This was his first synod as an ARP minister, his church having moved from the PCA to the ARP in the last year. This report was originally broadcast on Facebook. TRIGGER WARNING: Some PCA folks will not l...

Are cities the best place to plant churches and "do evangelism"? Does the city breed spiritual seekers? A series of Tim Keller tweets prompted this morning commute monologue. Some links: https://twitter.com/timkellernyc/status/1317865570373685250?s=20 https://twitter.com/timkellernyc/status/1318213202862288896?s=20 Presbycast on cities: https://presbycast.libsyn.com/of-cities-and-schemes-with-sean...

Despites some technical issues (improves greatly after about 20 minutes) we pulled off a show only Presbycast would or could do: We talk about the theology of fire and meat with butcher-seminarian Ben. There will never be another show like this one. We guarantee it. 

Dr. D.G. Hart of Hillsdale College joins us to talk about liberalism -- theological, political...and incipient. We talk about the relationship between secular and religious progressivism and ask "Can you be politically liberal but not theologically liberal?" This article formed much of the basis of our conversation: https://www.firstthings.com/article/2018/05/the-theology-of-foreign-policy

Historian Miles Smith IV talks about his recent article on the PCA for The American Conservative  "Will the PCA Go Woke?" plus we take listener calls, mostly on the same theme of real or supposed leftward drift among NAPARC (or former NAPARC) denominations. 

Historian D.G. Hart of Hillsdale College joins us to talk about the evolution of the magazine Christianity Today and what the changes suggest about evangelicalism. We also dabble in politics, current events, and the propriety of polemics.

PCA member, seminarian, and major conservative media figure Erick Erickson joins us to talk about why he wrote an article called "Warnings in the PCA". We discuss critical theory, intersectionality, racial reconciliation, and Marxist-influenced secular ideologies. Here's the article we referenced .

CW monologues about the conflict between LA County authorities and John MacArthur's Grace Community Church...and what it might mean for all of us. Audio tweets: https://twitter.com/presbycast/status/1305203213067522049?s=20 LA County worship "protocol": http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/media/Coronavirus/docs/protocols/Reopening_PlacesofWorship.pdf

Professor Scott Aniol and pastor Chuck Finney join us to talk about public worship using an old puritan sermon as a jumping-off point. Here's an online platform with which both men are involved: https://religiousaffections.org/

We are joined by Dr. Ben Shaw of Reformation Bible College to talk about his book Ecclesiastes, Life in a Fallen World and the relevance of this singular book of the Bible to life in 2020. We also talk about his trek from the mainline to the PCA, from Princeton to Greenville.

A bright young seminarian and a PCA pastor to join us to talk about the challenge and blessing of staying "moderate" in the era of 'Rona and, well, you know...2020 politics, politicians, and movements.

A reading of the Westminster Confession of Faith, chapters 3 through 5. https://opc.org/wcf.html    The WCF reading will be published as one file when complete. This is the second installment.

Charlie Nave of MORE in the PCA and Bruce Kirby of the Firm Foundation Partnership join us to talk about their organizations' efforts to reform the PCA through ruling elder participation in the courts and church member involvement.  MORE: https://www.moreinthepca.org/ FFP: https://www.firmfoundationpartnership.com/

Wresby, CW, Amish, and Ken Shepherd all under the same porch roof, talking about the stuff you're talking about, eating the food you'd eat.

Physics professor and Reformed church member David Shane joins us to talk about the moral dimensions of mask wearing and other COVID restrictions where data, ethical, scriptural, scientific and confessional convictions and conclusions collide.