I think the provision of the Foreign Mission Board that utterances of missionaries should not be subject to criticism until formal charges are brought is the most preposterous interference of speech of which I ever heard. The same tactics were pursued by the Modernists at our last General Assembly. It really looked as though certain gentlemen had published their writings with the intention of concealing them from other Presbyterians. For my part I think that when a man comes out in print what he says is fair subject of discussion for the whole world, and I am interested, from the ecclesiastical point of view, not in a man’s private views or in his personal relation to God, but in his public testimony. Read more»
Brad Isbel | “Machen: ‘…and a Presbyterian Church for me.'” | Presbyterian Pravda | July 16, 2026
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Brad Isbell
Brad Isbell is a ruling elder at Covenant Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Oak Ridge, TN, co-host of the Presbycast podcast, and treasurer of the Heidelberg Reformation Association.
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