The new presiding bishop of the ECUSA, Katharine Jefferts Schori, in her sermon to the General Convention yesterday, said: “That sweaty, bloody, tearstained labor of a cross bears new life. Our mother Jesus gives birth to a new creation and…
The PCA General Assembly is predictably boring. No cat fights between lesbian clergy handing out Hershes Kisses and outraged conservatives; no overtures banning the production, advertising and promotion of alcoholic beverages; not even a hint of women’s ordination. The hottest…
The Opening Worship Service of Presbyterian Church in America General Assembly was held in Atlanta last night, and began with a quote, just before the Call to Worship, from Mark Dever’s The Deliberate Church. The PCA elected a new moderator, Dominic…
There are advantages to being Presbyterian! It’s called General Assemblies. True, the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church In America is like no other. More about schmoozing than ecclesiastical politics. Truth is, we’re more akin to Congregationalism than we dare…
While other godlier bloggers are off at GAs, reflecting on Christology and other serious matters, I spend my time running in the sun (the 90 degree mark separates the men from the boys, I am convinced) and reading Private Eye, in…
Well, I’ve been reveling in the rich biblical teaching of Sinclair Ferguson and Doug Kelly this afternoon at the PCA GA pre-conference on “The Westminster Confession for Today” (sponsored by RTS and a host of others). Sinclair addressed the issue of…
Read all about it. HT: Mark Dever
It must be twenty years since the Bishop of Durham (not N. T. Wright, but his predecessor) called the resurrection a “conjuring trick with bones.” Scripps Howard News Service together with Ohio University have published a poll on current belief in…
Guy Waters’ helpful book on the Federal Vision is now in print. Here’s the cover and a portion of David Calhoun’s endorsement (many ref21 readers will immediately recognize Dr. Calhoun as a beloved and revered professor of Church History at Covenant Theological…
Mark Dever came tantalizingly close to being elected First Vice-President of the Southern Baptist Convention in Greensboro tonight. Andy Davis’s nomination speech for Mark was superb, and Mark (to the surprise of many) led the voting in the first round…
