by pastor | Jul 14, 2019 | Ask the Pastor, Ecclesiology
Question: Can you give me a brief overview of the major differences between the PCUSA and the Orthodox Presbyterian Church? Thank you. Answer: The OPC was formed during the fundamentalist-modernist controversy early in the twentieth century, when J. Gresham Machen was...
by pastor | Aug 28, 2018 | Ecclesiology
One of the very greatest evils of present-day religious life, it seems to me, is the reception into the Church of persons who merely repeat a form of words such as “I accept Christ as my personal Saviour,” without giving the slightest evidence to show that they know...
by pastor | Jun 3, 2018 | Bible Studies, Ecclesiology
Historically speaking, there have been “three marks” which help men distinguish between the churches of Christ and the synagogues of Satan: 1. The Pure Preaching of the Gospel 2. Proper Administration of the Sacraments 3. The Exercise of Church Discipline...
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by pastor | May 20, 2018 | Ecclesiology, Historical
There are approximately 75 million presbyterians in the world; with about 30 different presbyterian denominations in North America alone. Understanding how all these different denominations came into existence can be a complicated course of study. In fact, one church...
by pastor | May 8, 2018 | Culture, Ecclesiology
Recovering Preachers & Preaching By Alan D. Strange We live in a day in which many regard preaching, at best, as sharing, not proclamation, and in which the therapist has replaced the preacher. We need to recover both the preaching office and a high view of...
by pastor | Dec 27, 2017 | Ask the Pastor, Ecclesiology
At the root of Presbyterianism is a view of the Word of God that controls its every expression. Presbyterianism unfolds from this central idea as a flower from a bud; it emanates as ripples from the splash of a stone tossed into a pond. This germ of Presbyterianism is...
