Today is the first full day of General Assembly sessions. Most of the advisory committees have finished their work, and today the agenda really got rollling. We heard reports from our three permanent committees - Home Missions, Foreign Missions...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
As part of our advisory committee work this morning, I was able to study the full Report of the Statistician to the 77th General Assembly. Mr. Luke Brown has ably served the denomination for many years and presents a crisp report full of...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
This morning at the General Assembly was devoted to "Advisory Committees." Each commissioner is assigned to one of these committees. The task of these committees is to review parts of the information that will be presented to the Assembly, and...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The first session of the General Assembly is underway. We heard an excellent sermon by outgoing moderator Rev.Bill Shishko from 2 Corinthians 3:1-3. His four points were as follows: I. The Great Author and His Secretaries II. The Writing...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Rested and refreshed from a delightful vacation in Colorado, I am about to depart for the OPC's General Assembly. This year we meet at Trinity Christian College in Palos Heights, IL. Dr. Don Schlernitzauer is one of our elders, and he will also...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Do you ever wonder why the process of sanctification is so difficult? And why does it seem to get harder the longer you work at it? It is not impossible that a mature Christian could grow weary and lose heart in his striving after holiness....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Yesterday I celebrated my 47th birthday, which provided an excellent opportunity for me to look back and survey the grace of my gracious God. As I ponder all of the points at which He could have cast me down, or justly thrown me into the deepest...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
In an ongoing effort to post some of the articles I've written for our church newsletter, here is another offering for your consideration. Click here for an article on the "Emergent Church." Though not the last word on this subject, it does give...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The current health care debacle has unsettled many Bible believing Christians. What will happen to our society if this plan is implemented? Can our culture survive long under such leadership? The strong temptation is to view all of this from a...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
This is the intrepid blogger reporting in from sunny Greenville, SC (where it is currently dark). The first day of the 2010 Greenville Seminary Spring Theology Conference is in the books, and it was good. The theme of the conference is the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
