The relatively small pond called the Orthodox Presbyterian Church (OPC) faced some ripples of controversy at its last General Assembly (GA). Here is one of them: on the second to last day, a minister brought a motion that urged the OPC to hire an organization called G.R.A.C.E. at a cost of $50,000 to assess the […]
The War of Words: Polemics vs Ad Hominem
Ministers of the gospel have many responsibilities as part of their calling. Among other things, we must stand, watch, preach, shepherd, and when the time comes, warn. Our responsibility is not that the hearer listens, but that we speak. Therefore, if we see calamity coming and do not blow the trumpet, blood is on our […]
Review: Fault Lines, by Voddie T. Baucham
Fault Lines is a winsome and withering analysis and refutation of Critical Theory and its related ideologies, particularly, but not exclusively, critical race theory, intersectionality, and antiracism. Voddie T. Baucham draws from lessons he learned from his own upbringing and experience (chs 1-2) and from decades of study of the Scriptures and sociology. In so […]
Welcome to God’s House
Walk prudently when you go to the house of God; and draw near to hear rather than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they do evil. Do not be rash with your mouth, and let not your heart utter anything hastily before God. For God is in heaven, and […]
God Has Spoken
God Has Spoken The Rule of Faith and Life In early 2008 some of my college roommates and I spent our Spring Break hiking through a beautiful section of the Appalachian Trail. During our first night in the mountains of western North Carolina the biting cold awakened me. I still remember my discomfort and […]
Approved Overture of the Presbytery of the Southeast
Overture approved by the Presbytery of the Southeast (OPC) at her Stated Meeting on April 2-3, 2021 Whereas “the Lord Jesus Christ, as King and Head of His church, hath therein appointed a government in the hand of church-officers distinct from the civil magistrate” (WCF 30:1), and that “there is no other head of […]
