presbycast

We talk with reporter and presby Ken Shepherd about the trials of 2019 and the prospects for 2020 on New Year's Eve, ringing in 2020 with Machen horns and humor. You may watch the live YouTube broadcast here . The TGC top ten list we ran through may be found here .

We continue to work through Guy Water's book "How Jesus Runs the Church," this session touches on church power and the offices of the church. Some questions were edited out for the sake of privacy.

Not-so-bad music for a good cause -- we spin tunes (ranging from country gospel to Jesus freak rock an roll) and encourage our listeners to support our friends the Gills in their time of need. We spoke with Aunna and Emily concerning this situation. Please check out their GoFundMe page .

Festivus expert Dan Borvan and everyone's favorite Reformed curmudgeon Sean join us for Festivus fun on our annual holiday classic.

Music, fun, and Silent Topher speaks -- it's holiday variety extravaganza! We play a bit of Xmas music and our first sexy sax solo! You can watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQEQr1wbHUk

PCA ruling elder and young father Scott Hedgcock joins us to talk about children in worship. Also, enjoy our new advertisers -- Presbyton and Federal Vision Non-Federal Credit Union of Moscow! Thanks, Bryce.

Dr. Darryl G. Hart , biographer of Machen, joins us to talk about Machen's Warrior Children -- past and present. Here is the John Frame essay we mentioned and here is a book containing Hart's chapter on the subject.

This week's class addresses the power of the church. The source material is Guy Waters' book How Jesus Runs the Church . Bumper music courtesy of Kdubtru .

Here's the full audio of a live show experiment with more than an hour of music from the Presbycast bumper music genre, a couple of entertaining clips from IFB Preacher Clips, and a brief chat with listener Cicero . 

This week's class addresses jure divino versus jure humano church government.  The source material is Guy Waters' book How Jesus Runs the Church .

OPC minister Dr. Glen Clary joins us to talk about one of his (and our) favorite subjects -- Reformed worship, with special emphasis on the second commandment. Here's the Hughes Oliphant Old book he recommended .

This week's class addresses the relationship of church government to civil government, Jesus' mediatorial and essential rule.  The source material is Guy Waters' book  How Jesus Runs the Church .

18-year veteran PCA ruling elder Gabe joins us to talk about the importance of ruling elders to the courts of presbyterian churches, barriers to their participation, the problem of disinterest, the historical reasons for their position in the PCA, and encouragement for increased faithfulness. Thanks to our awesome new sponsor Ecclesio-Cleanse! And welcome our new staffer Bryce .

This week's class addresses the nature and necessity of church membership.  The source material is Guy Waters' book  How Jesus Runs the Church .

It's Presbypocalypse Now...and it sure did take a long time. Lots of listeners joined us live on Reforween to talk about nearly everything under the sun, which is to say Kanye and megachurches, mostly.

In our final pair of interviews from the 2019 Reformation Worship Conference we talk to Les Lanphere minutes after the world premiere of his new movie about worship , and we speak to the Rev. Iver Martin , principal of Edinburgh Theological Seminary about the seminary, changes in the worship of the Free Church of Scotland, and...Chik-fil-A.

CW teaches on presbyterian church government. The source material is Guy Waters' book  How Jesus Runs the Church . 

We're pleased to offer two interviews from the 2019 Reformation Worship Conference -- first with Drs. Scott Aniol and T. David Gordon on worship and music, then a missionary-church planter to Belgium, David Lamos in which we learn about a country not often (these days) on the Reformed radar. The bumper music is from the conference as well.

Get behind the scenes of your second-favorite podcast, Mortification of Spin , with the show's producer  Nayara Andrejczyk who talked with CW and Wresby at the 2019 Reformation Worship Conference.

CW teaches on presbyterian church government. This second installment looks at the Westminster Confession's teaching on the church in chapter 25 and touches on the introduction to Guy Waters' book  How Jesus Runs the Church . The question at the end referred to the lack or infrequency of church discipline in many evangelical churches.

Chuck Finney and Odd Deacon join us to talk about worship wars from the early church to today -- lots of good, helpful, and encouraging stuff from these guys who take worship seriously and themselves...not so much. 

CW teaches on presbyterian church government. The first installment is an introduction to the topic stressing the importance of the church and the prevalence of the topic throughout the New Testament. The remainder of the series will use Guy Waters' book How Jesus Runs the Church .

Wresby and former baptized infant  Drew Mills talk Kanye -- catalog, culture, and conversion. Can this podcast survive two rap shows in one week? We'll see. At any rate, no one else is doing this...

Our friend senior(ish) Christian marketplace leader Sean joins us to talk about the phenomenon of city-focused parachurch strategies as typified by one organization's promotional video . Learn more here .

Enjoy an old-school show with Wresby and CW talking tacos and answering listener questions to the best of their limited ability. The ending is a 20-minute section of a bizarro Old Testament Christian rock opera from the early 70s...so you know what to expect.