presbycast

We talk with Camden Bucey of Reformed Forum on all things Reformed, Presbyterian, conferential, and podcastological at the Greenville Presbyterian  Theological Seminary conference.

We were honored to speak with Peruvian pastor Alonzo Ramirez about his work in church planting, translation, and presbyterian church building by ordinary means of grace ministry in the Cajamarca region of Peru. Learn more about Peru Mission here and about his resources here .

We talk about a fascinating digital time capsule with Dr. R. Scott Clark , Odd Deacon , and Kirk Cicero , and the discussion covers the gospel, Federal Vision, singing, a certain region of Idaho....and many more oddities of modern Reformed-dom. We start slow with some connection issues, but the discussion really got going. Here's the 2004 "social media" bomb that prompted our discussion: http://ww...

We speak with Pastor C, a Taiwanese-born American pastor ministering in China, about persecution, epidemics, and the prospects for presbyterianism in China. The bumper music is Psalm 23 in Mandarin.

We talk about the news of a new stated clerk for the PCA and the concept of REFORMED FUNDAMENTALISTS in a freewheeling live format. Links: https://ca.thegospelcoalition.org/columns/ad-fontes/what-is-a-reformed-fundamentalist/ https://www.pcaac.org/bryan-chapell-message/

Bivocational minister Tom Powell talks about his very unusual and rewarding ministry as an out-of-bounds PCA teaching elder on an isolated Maine island. We guarantee you've never heard a story quite like his. Follow him on Twitter at @thomasmpowell .

CW provides an update on PCA procedural-judicial actions seeking to address the controversy surrounding a Revoice-affiliated pastor and church. Here is the referenced article: https://byfaithonline.com/sjc-committee-to-review-applicability-of-bco-34-1-to-johnson-case/ Overtures may be viewed here: https://pcaga.org/resources/#overtures

Gather round the internet machine with CW and Wresby and enjoy some Presbycast gospel music of the 60s and 70s small-time, regional, vanity press variety in high-quality mono! View the proceedings with album art visuals on YouTube .

Dr. Jim Cassidy of South Austin Presbyterian Church (OPC) in Texas joins us to talk about his recent article " The Fundamentalist-Modernist Controversy and the Spirit of Schleiermacher ," which examines the German theologian's influence over two centuries. And we ask if the spirit of Schleiermacher is still with us today.

Dr. Dominic Aquila of Aquila Report fame joins us to talk about the early overtures that seek to address the Revoice controversy in the PCA. Here are relevant links: https://revoice.us/ https://www.theaquilareport.com/savannah-river-presbytery-requests-the-48th-pca-general-assembly-to-assume-jurisdiction-over-the-missouri-presbytery-issue/ https://www.theaquilareport.com/savannah-river-presbytery-...

We are joined in studio by Pakistani presbyerian Pastor Z. Hear about the church in a country most know little about and that has more presbyterians per capita than the USA. By the way, the Psalms are hugely popular in Pakistan and the bumper music is a recording of Psalm 139.

This installment examines the biblical evidence for the temporary and perpetual offices of the church. The source material is Guy Waters' book  How Jesus Runs the Church .

PCA pastor Jared Nelson joins us to talk about reasons to stay in the PCA. We discuss his old article which is still relevant today, and we talk about what members and elders can do to work for the good of their denomination.

We speak with EPC minister Cameron Shaffer who authored the excellent and passionately-written piece " Our Fathers Left Us Evangelicalism ."

We talk with current PCA minister and long-time Reformed social media gadfly Andy Webb on his church's possible exit from the PCA...and how they came to this point. 

A reading of the account of the death of Machen and context from Machen's biographer Ned Stonehouse. Here is the edition of The Presbyterian Journal that marked Machen's death and a downloadable PDF of the article by Samuel Allen  who was with Machen in his last days. 

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 .