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Dr. R. Scott Clark of Westminster Seminary California joins us to answer the question "What is the Gospel?" -- and what is not. We also discuss (necessarily) a good bit of church history, including 20th century evangelicalism. Be sure to visit  https://heidelblog.net/

Neil Shenvi joins us to talk about critical theory and its subset critical race theory, intersectionality, and the effect on Christian discourse and church life which these theories and concepts have. And we never once used the word "woke"-- Neil is an irenic and reasonable man. Visit his website and follow him at @NeilShenvi .

CW talks about the process of designing and building a church building with the primary focus on Reformed worship and ministry. See photos here:  http://cpcbuild.blogspot.com/

CW joins pastor Mike Abendroth of No Compromise Radio to talk about a wide variety of Big Eva and little (and big) "R" issues. Thanks to Mike for allowing us to repost this for the convenience of our listeners, but do subscribe to NoCo!

Talking about Overture 29 to the 2019 PCA General Assembly to allow ordained female deacons which we describe as "a totally new unisex office without authority"-- text here (PDF link). Thanks to one of our listeners for making new equipment possible which vastly improves these in-car recordings, which should get even better as we figure it out.

Pastor Richard Harris joins us to talk about his church 's recent move from the EPC to the PCA. Regular guest Chris Drew , who moved from the PCUSA to the OPC, also sits in. We talk much more about the two churches -- the EPC and ECO -- which are outside of NAPARC than we have before. This is presbyterianism at its acronymal best! Correction: We misstated some facts about the ECO's confessions --...

Twitter fixture Lex Lutheran joins us for a meeting of the paedobaptist confessional minds. Our discussion is wide-ranging and includes homeless podcaster and bonafide OPC oddball  Ben Woodring as well.

We are joined by @TheJeditor , a man with inside knowledge of Big Eva and her mysterious ways. We talk megachurch, worship, and the challenges facing evangelical churches. "BONUS" -- intro and outro (9 minutes!) are from another 60's Xian cringe musical.

We discuss the fire at Notre Dame in Paris and the church's relationship to her buildings in this special PRESBYCAST SPECIAL REPORT.

The original Coolmudgeon Ted Beam joins us to analyze (but not exactly bludgeon) the once and future Gospel Coalition(s). PLEASE NOTE -- 1ST FILE VERSION CUT OFF 5 MINUTES -- DELETE AND RE-DOWNLOAD IF YOU FILE IS NOT 1:41:40 IN LENGTH.

Our friends Amish Ambush and D-bag Worship Guy join us to examine the epic, unbelievable 1969 Southern Baptist musical "Happening Now!" by Bob Oldenburg. There's no describing this -- you just have to jump in and hang on.

Here's a light-hearted episode for the first day of April with a couple of "greatest" comedy hits from Presybcasts of yore...with a little bad music at the end, of course.

This bonus show features the amazing sermon "Visitors From Outer Space: What Saith The Lord?" by Rev. Bill Riddick from 1973 and intro/outro music from a 1969 Christian concept/prog album. Taking our sermon points from the headlines and our musical styles from the radio has always been...interesting, to say the least.

Cody Libolt  joins to talk about the Jesus Storybook Bible, its author, and its author's inspiration -- and (hint) there's a big-time presby connection. Read Cody's review here . And read Lee Irons' review (which we mentioned) here . Here is Cody's website  and  podcast . Update 3/29/2019: LLOYD-JONES RESPONSE TO " THE TWEET "   

We talk social justice in the church with political writer Forfare Davis ( @pseudoplotinus ) using clips from a talk at Reformed seminary by Dr. Mika Edmondson, an OPC minister, as discussion starters. 

CW joins Josh and Andy of Theology Doesn't Suck to talk comparative polity with (surprise) a presbyterian emphasis. Give their podcasts a listen . Thanks to Josh and Andy for allowing us to repost this conversation.

Charlie Nave of MORE in the PCA joins us to talk about a just-released overture to the  2019 PCA General Assembly which would allow ordained female deacons. Helpful links: The overture The running list of overtures for 2019 The study committee report

We are joined by Miles Smith IV , a professor of history at Regent University, to discuss his affinity for "high church presbyterianism". We also discuss religion in the South, worship and sacraments, as well as racial issues in the church.    

Our friend Ken Shepherd joins us to talk about his work as a DC journalist, the 2019 US political climate, and its implications (or lack thereof) for the church. 

Dan Borvan , an OPC minister who was once a member of James MacDonald's Harvest Bible Chapel, joins us to talk about MacDonald's fall and the problems inherent to multi-site and megachurches. Here is the video which shows a series of clips from years past.

PCA pastor Dr. Dewey Roberts, the convener of a recent meeting concerned with reform and renewal in the PCA, joins us to talk about the past, present, and future of the USA's largest conservative Reformed denomination and about the new informal group Grassroots Presbyterians group that has sprung from the meeting in late January of 2019. Show links: Pastor Roberts' bio Group Facebook page Article...

Our friend Sean , a former Roman Catholic, joins us to talk about the encroachment of Lenten observance in the Reformed world. Then we venture to discuss the propriety of women who are associated with conservative Reformed churches "preaching". You may hear the entire sermon (or talk) that we excerpted and talked about  here . Finally, we briefly mention a new organization of concerned presbyteria...

OPC minichurch pastor Chris Drew joins us to talk about a megatrend these days -- Conference Culture. We trace the development from medieval pilgrimage to Scottish communion season to the Pretty Good Awakenings to 21st century traveling dude bros.  Here's the tweet that launched the show: One of the tenets of CONFERENCE CULTURE is that every speaker is supposed to KILL IT or BRING THE FIRE, etc. T...

This special episode features Dr. C.N. Willborn of Covenant Presbyterian (PCA) in Oak Ridge, TN delivering a powerful and direct exhortation from Psalm 42 on the importance of public worship in the life of the Christian and the church. The reading was the entire text of Psalm 42. The accompanying NT reading was John 4:7-26. The Confession of Faith passage was WCF 21.2. Sermon Audio page

Seminarian  Ben Woodring joins us to talk about Chortles' 8-point manifesto (of sorts) to culture-proof the church simply and authentically. It was a long talk, be warned. Here's the manifesto: There is evidence that younger people are not buying what the megachurches are selling. Most people know of young people that have fled their "home" traditions for Rome for something further east. I actuall...