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We spoke with Joshua Gielow, a Reformed apologist who attended the Revoice conference held recently in St. Louis. He tells us what he saw and heard and why he left the conference concerned for the future of the "gay Christian" movement. Follow Joshua at @JoshuaGielow and be sure to visit Truth Xchange's website . Read Truth Xchange founder Peter Jones' article on Revoice here . (Edited to remove e...

This episode presents the audio from a YouTube video of an address by Dr. Rosaria Butterfield recorded the day before the recent Revoice conference on the subject of celibate gay Christianity. The source of the audio is unclear -- we will gladly remove this content if the speaker or host account ask us to do so. It is unaltered. Original:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVjj_dDAxLA

We finish our discussion with Dr. C.N. Willborn on the life and work of PCA and Reformed Theological Seminary founding father Dr. Morton H. Smith (1923-2017). Dr. Willborn taught with Dr. Smith at Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary and shared his interest in Southern Presbyterian history. This discussion centers on the founding of the PCA. Our earlier discussion was more personal and bio...

Here are a few words from CW and and an almost five-minute clip from an address at the Revoice conference (1:05:35-1:10:10 of linked video ).  

Long-time PCA ruling elder Bob Mattes joins us to talk about a terminology he developed to describe the state of the PCA -- tribal congregationalism (as opposed to plain ol' presbyterianism). Here are a couple of his articles on the subject: A Tale of Two Letters Tribal Congregationalism and the Future of the PCA  

It's the week of the Revoice conference and CW has some thoughts from the front seat of the Presbaru.  The referenced presbytery report:  http://mopres.org/safari/article/30.html Pastor's response to criticism and "misrepresentations".

Our friend Will ( @ lawyerbarrett ) sits down virtually with Wresby to discuss his foray into the world of evangelical leadership conferences.

We are joined by @oldschoolpresby whose Dutch heritage and membership in four NAPARC denominations gives him a unique perspective on the P&R landscape. And we talk about Reformedish Xianese words, terms, and tropes with which we'd gladly dispense. 

We talk about the ramifications of this year's PCA General Assembly and run through Rick Phillip's post mortem: Is the PCA Becoming More Unified? We also answer a number of great listener questions.

Armchair ecclesiologist in Subaru getting coffee...

PCAGA fixture Bob Mattes and MORE in the PCA founder Charlie Nave join CW and Wresby on the sixth floor of the GA hotel in Atlanta for a look at the most signifcant developments from the business session of day two of the assembly. Pardon a slight echo towards the end -- we didn't expect to be recording two guests at once. https://www.moreinthepca.org/

CW & Wresby record live at PCAGA 2018 with a wrap-up of the first day and a preview of the days to come.

Ride with Brad as he talks about his visit to the 2018 Associate Reformed Presbyterian General Synod, compares it to the PCA General Assembly, and previews Presbycast's PCAGA plans. More about the ARP:  http://arpchurch.org/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associate_Reformed_Presbyterian_Church Clarifying/corrected info from a Twitter follower: "Enjoyed your comments on Synod. Just to clarify, the A...

A helpful sermon on the Lord's Supper from Dr. C.N. Willborn of Covenant PCA in Oak Ridge, TN -- The Table is a Call to Unity, 1st Corinthians 11:17-30. https://www.covenant-pca.com/ https://www.sermonaudio.com/source_detail.asp?sourceid=covenantoakridge

PCA pastor and Mortification of Spin co-host Todd Pruitt joins to help preview the 2018 PCA General Assembly. Here's are this year's overtures: http://www.pcaac.org/general-assembly/overtures/ Our talk was somewhat abbreviated by technical issues, but we covered most of what we intended. 

CW talks about the high point of his visit to Savannah, GA -- visiting Independent Presbyterian Church, one of America's most beautiful church buildings. See the IPC website for a number of resources on worship.

CW talks PCA overtures for what *could* be an uncontroversial PCA General Assembly. See all the overtures in question here . Discussed: Sex -  Deacons -- 9 &25 Marriage -- 1, 2, 5, 24 Race - 31  REPORT OF THE AD INTERIM COMMITTEE ON RACIAL AND ETHNIC RECONCILIATION TO THE FORTY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN AMERICA (PDF link)  

Dr. C.N. Willborn discusses the life and work of PCA and Reformed Theological Seminary founding father Dr. Morton H. Smith (1923-2017). Dr. Willborn taught with Dr. Smith at Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary and shared his interest in Southern Presbyterian history. This is episode will be followed by another in a few weeks which examines his role in the founding of the PCA and his legac...

Wresby and CW talk about how to deal with a church that's less than ideal...as all are. Our apologies for the mysterious sunspot-related interference towards the end when the guys turn to a decidedly darker subject. 

Dr. Darryl Hart of Hillsdale College joins us again for part three of our "Life of Machen" series covering the late 1920s to 1935 in this episode. The opening and closing songs are Machen's favorite hymn "There is a Green Hill Far Away" The opening version is a quartet recording from the 1920s. Here's the book that tells the story of Machen's years of controversy better than any other: https://www...

LCMS minister Chris Jackson (@revcjackson) joins the boys to talk about things similar, things different, and concerns common to conservative confessional Protestants. We learn of Machen's great appreciation for his Lutheran brethren. Read more about that here:  http://www.patheos.com/blogs/geneveith/2014/01/j-gresham-machen-on-the-lutheran-church-missouri-synod/ P.S. -- How many small-town upper...

CW talks briefly about...the church's brief. What is the church's role in society? What should she do beyond ministering the means of grace? He also dodges a wild turkey. Here's the KDY article referenced: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/kevin-deyoung/racial-reconciliation-mostly-almost-agree-likely-still-dont-agree/

Opinion writer Forfare Davis (@Pseudoplotinus) of The National Review (among other places) joins us to talk about 2018...and 1789 and everything in between. We examine American political theater, social media, good books, and bad food. Here are links to two articles we discussed as well as a podcast featuring Presbycast patron saint Peter Hitchens.  https://www.nationalreview.com/postmodern-conser...

The Rev. Chris Gordon of Escondido URC and Abounding Grace Radio joins us to talk about his controversial Reformation 21 article that draws warning from the case of the CRC for NAPARC denominations. Here's the article link: http://www.reformation21.org/blog/2018/03/the-burning-of-the-wooden-shoe.php Escondido URC & Abounding Grace: http://www.escondidourc.org/ http://www.agradio.org/

An article on secular musicians who supplement their income playing church gigs set us to thinking about music in the church, and we invited musician (church and secular) @JennMGreenberg and OPC pastor @ChristopherDrew to talk about psalms, hymns, spiritual songs, and dollars.  Here's the story that prompted our discussion: http://www.dallasobserver.com/music/6-dfw-musicians-tell-us-whats-it-like-...