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Ashes, ashes, we all...avoid being Erdmans! What about lent and Ash Wednesday and why are they a "thing" (if only a small thing) in Presbyterian and Reformed churches in the 21st century? We examine these questions with Dr. D.G. Hart (a scholar and OPC ruling elder), PCA pastor Jacob Gerber, and Kevin White, an ecclesially well-traveled polymath.  Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxIXlAFhUnI

Two young PCA pastors joined us to talk about the catechism they have produced on worship—private, family, and public. The sections will roll out over the coming weeks on Matt Adams' Substack: https://substack.com/@mdadams Watch: (skip forward several minutes due to technical difficulty) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUCBRvv03-w

PCA pastor Scott McDermand recounts his experience of working to reform the ministry of a small church...which just happens to be in the metropolis of Bad Axe in the thumb of Michigan.  Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgJ33CcrYkM  

URCNA minister Rev. Brian Lee joins us to talk about pastoring in the challenging city of Washington DC (very near Capitol Hill) and his denominations new church planting manual which can be found here: https://www.urcna.org/file_retrieve/113352 Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkcOE4y6CSk  

URCNA pastor Chris Gordon joins us to discuss his ongoing dialogue with Stephen Wolfe concerning living in exile as Christian citizens and church officers. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8FJCXQ9ntM  Watch the original Abounding Grace Radio video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8FJCXQ9ntM  

(You may need to delete and re-download the file—initial upload was partial.) David Gilbert is the Senior Pastor of Grace Presbyterian Church in Douglasville, GA. He also teaches preaching at GPTS, has written for Tabletalk Magazine and has become a regular on the American Reformed & Presbyterian conference circuit.  You can listen to his sermons  here.   Special thanks to Nathan Clark George for...

The Presbycast Radio Players stage a silly live radio remote from the fictional Xanders's Xian Lifestyle Store and then express their appreciation for their respective Reformed churches. Come for the fun, stay for the encouragement.  Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_PGE6lFNWo  

Brad reads and expands upon his short Substack piece prompted by 1926 newspaper ads about dueling sermons from J. Gresham Machen and a Social Gospeler in St. Louis. Read the article and see the ads: https://presbycast.substack.com/p/a-presbyterian-historical-snippet . Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZf6pe7R5fU

Here's a sermon from Hebrews 13 on the offices from Dr. Nick Willborn of Covenant Presbyterian Church, Oak Ridge, TN , which preceded officer elections for the church. There is a lengthy introduction concerning Moses and Jethro from Exodus 18. There's also some good unaccompanied congregational singing of a psalm and hymn. Listeners may notice that the sermons we post generally concern ecclesiolog...

Gospel Reformation Network executive council members Jon Payne, Ligon Duncan, Mel Duncan, Richard Phillips, Jason Helopoulos, David Strain, and Jonathan Master have an engaging roundtable discussion on the nature and task of the ruling elder. This is also the theme of the 2025 GRN National Conference in Sanford, Florida (May 7-8). You can learn more about the conference and register here: https://...

An all-star cast of presbyterians came together to make predictions for 2025 developments in the kingdoms of the church and the world. Ruling elder Kerry and pastors Chris Drew, Reed DePace, Ryan Biese, Job Dalomba, Nick Bullock, and Wilson Van Hooser.  Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iteWbuC-5wg

This program contains two recordings from several years ago—an account of the death of Machen on January 1, 1937, followed by a reading of the monumental final chapter (The Church) from Machen's great work, Christianity and Liberalism . On YouTube; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRym5CKIxdA

Dr. R. Scott Clark and pastor Sean Morris help us think about how to be both faithful and welcoming to visitors, outsiders, and newcomers.  Watch: h ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTAHYqEnmSw

Nathanael Miller is the RUF Campus minister at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, GA. To hear Nathaniel's excellent preaching at his large group meetings, check out his podcast here . To learn more about Nathanael's ministry or how you can support him, click here .      Special thanks to Nathan Clark George for our opening and closing instrumental. Nathan serves as the Pastor of Worship al...

The Bishop of Western Festivus Dan Borvan joins us along with Chris Gordon, R. Scott Clark, Zoe the Presbygirl, Sean Morris, and the late Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones to air grievances and perform feats of theological and ecclesial strength...and vocal performance. Watch:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZhUeveRJpI

PCA pastors Stephen Spinnenweber and Scotty Anderson help us explore paedocommunion and its relative "young child" communion.  Here is Stephen's article: https://gospelreformation.net/dear-pastor-may-my-child-take-the-lords-supper/ Here is Scotty's article on young child communion: https://www.pastorspress.org/2016/01/27/the-age-for-communion/ Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrM5aL_isPw

Sarah and Zoe sit down with Rev. Matthew Everhard, a PCA pastor in Pennsylvania, to talk a little bit about his family life in ministry and a lot about his new book Worshiptainment , a small but detailed primer on why Presbyterians believe in the regulative principle and some of the excesses in modern evangelical worship. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JM4uRLHdQWw We also joined Matt for a...

OPC minister Chris Drew joins us to walk through chapter 18 of the Westminster Confession of Faith, Of the Assurance of Grace and Salvation. This is a tremendously helpful chapter. Here is the text: 1. Although hypocrites and other unregenerate men may vainly deceive themselves with false hopes and carnal presumptions of being in the favor of God, and estate of salvation (which hope of theirs shal...

Scotty Anderson is the Associate Pastor for Family Ministry at Woodruff Road Presbyterian Church in Simpsonville, SC. You can check out his sermons here:  https://www.sermonaudio. com/speakers/9851 . Special thanks to Nathan Clark George for our opening and closing instrumental. Nathan serves as the Pastor of Worship alongside Kevin DeYoung at Christ Covenant Church in Matthews, NC. You can access...

Pastor Jared Nelson and ruling elder Matt Lee bring the benefits of their knowledge, experience, and research to bear on the complicated issue (and fact) of so-called Good Faith Subscription in the Presbyterian Church in America.  Matt's article: https://pcapolity.com/2024/02/21/exceptionalism-in-the-pca/ The 2002 PCAGA issue of Presbyterian & Reformed News that we referenced: https://www.presbyte...

We talk about music—singable, simple, congregatonal, appropriate music for public worship in the church—with Sean and Sarah Morris, a pastor and a pianist who are both well-trained and actively engaged in the life and ministry of a local church. You are bound to find something of interest if church music interests you at all...which it must do if you're a Christian! We look at a new Getty song and...

Because we didn't want to watch election coverage we talked about tacos...and the election and politics...and the church...for three hours. From Nixon to Mexican cheeses to church fellowship meal menus—we covered it all. Consume this content at your own risk. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/live/8HzTh_dnvxs "What Did Machen Eat?" article: https://presbycast.substack.com/p/what-did-machen-eat

Pastor Ryan Biese of First Presbyterian Church (PCA) of Fort Oglethorpe, GA preached this applied exposition of Psalm 37 on 11/3/2024 with the US election season being in view. The intro and outro music is Psalm 137 from the Trinity Psalter Hymnal by TJ Hallet . 

Pastors Derrick Brite, Ryan Biese, and Matt Adams plus Presbygirl Zoe joined us to discuss Tucker Carlson's ballyhooed "spiritual" encounter and the spiritual worship that Reformed churches ought to enjoy. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll be confused! And you might be edified. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUcahktpHa0

Pastor Job Dalomba joins us to talk about living in tumultuous political times, being neigborly, and applying Reformed theological truths.  Based on: https://presbycast.substack.com/p/16-thoughts-for-christian-citizens Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Azc6QRsbCWs