Office Hours: Jon Payne On The Gospel Reformation Network

R. Scott Clark

on June 3, 2019

The Protestant Reformation was a recovery of the biblical doctrine of salvation by God’s favor (grace) alone (sola gratia), through faith (trusting, resting, and receiving) alone (sola fide), in Christ alone and the Christian life governed by Scripture alone (sola Scriptura) as . . . Continue reading →

Office Hours: With Jon Payne On Discipleship And Revoice

R. Scott Clark

on April 6, 2020

Our Lord Jesus called the church to make disciples (Matt 28:18–20) and he even ordained means by which we might become disciples and grow in our discipleship. The Apostles followed this pattern (Acts 2:42; Rom 10:14). Nevertheless, when we think about discipleship . . . Continue reading →

Payne: The PCA Is At A Crossroads

R. Scott Clark

on September 14, 2020 | 4 Comments

…Many of us are deeply concerned about the influence of Revoice doctrine upon our churches and surprised by the sympathy it has received from some in our ranks. Perhaps of even more concern is the growing ascendancy of critical theory and elements . . . Continue reading →

Jon Payne: The PCA Is In Trouble

R. Scott Clark

on December 15, 2020 | 9 Comments

A growing number of our ministers and churches are conforming to the world’s values, attitudes, and ideals, especially as it concerns homosexuality and the social gospel. The future doesn’t look good for the PCA. Frankly, the future looks pretty bad, and I’m . . . Continue reading →

Recovering The Lost Treasure Of The Second Service

R. Scott Clark

on January 16, 2021 | 1 Comment

Unfortunately, these days the heart attitude of this dear elderly woman is almost as rare as the evening service itself. Indeed, over the past twenty years the evening service (in a variety of Christian traditions) has either been turned into a kind . . . Continue reading →

GRN To Former Moderators: You Are Not Building Trust

R. Scott Clark

on June 17, 2021 | 12 Comments

The first is that a preemptive disparaging of opponent’s concerns is not likely to achieve the letters’ stated goal of unity in the PCA. When Christian leaders ask, “Are we being biblically faithful?” an answer that derides the nature and motive of . . . Continue reading →

Strain To The PCA: Exceptions Do Not Become The Rule

R. Scott Clark

on July 2, 2021 | 5 Comments

But the model of confessional subscription aside, I think there is mounting evidence that the role played by our Confession and Catechisms—or at least, the use made of them in the PCA—is far from healthy at the present time. Anecdotally, one interesting, . . . Continue reading →

Payne: The PCA Already Has A Creed

R. Scott Clark

on July 9, 2021 | 5 Comments

Creating space for these unbiblical cultural creeds in the PCA will facilitate serious and irreparable damage and division. Therefore, they must be rejected. There is no room for compromise. The Assembly’s voting margins from last week foster hope that the PCA’s future plans do not include tent expansion. We mustn’t make room for Side B and CRT. Continue reading →

Good Guys, Bad Guys, And A Missing Category

R. Scott Clark

on October 1, 2021 | 11 Comments

The largest NAPARC denomination, the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) is in the throes of an identity crisis. Founded by Southern Presbyterians and emerging out of the old PCUS (the Southern version of the Presbyterian mainline) it has always been more more broadly . . . Continue reading →

Should They Stay Or Should They Go?

R. Scott Clark

on November 17, 2021 | 7 Comments

It’s a question that more than a few PCA elders and members are asking right now. The recent Standing Judicial Commission’s (SJC) decision to reject the complaint against Missouri Presbytery has left many disheartened. Moreover, the current presbytery voting tallies on Overtures . . . Continue reading →

Two Of These Things Are Not Like The Others

R. Scott Clark

on January 25, 2022 | 8 Comments

As they used to say on Sesame Street, “one of these things is not like the others…”. That is the question raised by an article in byFaith, the official magazine of the PCA, which seeks to quiet the furor over the formerly secret network, The . . . Continue reading →

Payne’s Post Mortem: What The Defeat Of The Overtures Signals For The Future Of The PCA

The PCA Has Moved From Being Broad To Being Progressive

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on February 24, 2022

The Book of Church Order (BCO) amendments that many hoped would guard the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) from further infiltration of Revoice/Side B Gay doctrine were officially defeated. Yes, in case you haven’t heard, the amendments are now dead in the . . . Continue reading →

GRN Conference May 4–5, 2022 in Birmingham, AL: The Sufficiency Of The Gospel In A Secular Age

Heidelblog

on March 24, 2022

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Available Soon: The New Reformation Catechism On Human Sexuality

Heidelblog

on May 4, 2022 | 1 Comment

Who is Permitted to Read the Word Publicly to the Congregation in the PCA?

Heidelblog

on May 5, 2022 | 1 Comment

It is somewhat surprising, though, that we often do not consider this question of the public reading of Scripture in the light of a wider understanding of the biblical nature of authority in the church, as set down in the Preliminary Principles . . . Continue reading →

Payne: Stop Listening To Revoice And Start Listening To God’s Voice

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on May 19, 2022 | 1 Comment

Jon Payne calls the PCA to listen to Scriptures as confessed by the churches rather than to the spirit of the age. Continue reading →