Questions of Confidence
“It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” —variously attributed to Mark Twain, Will Rodgers, etc. Much ink…
Stephen Tipton
Considering Exceptions: Singing Psalms
Often, potential exceptions to the Westminster Standards take this form: “If the Confession is saying ‘x’, then I must state my difference with that section.” One particularly common example of…
Considering Exceptions
It is not uncommon for ministers in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA)–the denomination in which I pastor–to lament a lack of doctrinal uniformity among fellow pastors in our denomination. It…
The Regulative Principle of “Liturgical Sameness?”
In the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA)–the denomination in which I serve as a minister of the Gospel–quite a number of ministers lament the fact that you can attend five of…
Why Every Fourth Grader Should Read Bavinck
Why Every Fourth Grader Should Read Herman Bavinck God in his providence has allowed bad theology to remain in the world since the sixth day of creation. From Adam onward,…