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Two PCA pastors and two ruling elders join us to examine the sometimes controversial  issues of office and ordination in the Presbyterian Church in America. Our panel included teaching elders Wilson Van Hooser and Reed DePace and ruling elders Dave Cias and Noel Henley.  Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNSQsLe49PI Recent article: https://presbycast.substack.com/p/office-and-ordination-matter Collection of articles: https://presbycast.substack.com/p/articles-and-podcasts-on-office-and

The hiatus is over—Sarah and Zoe are talking about personal, national, and denominational news as only they can.  Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-yN95oqboE

Kerry talks to Sandy Robbins about life in the church. Sandy is married to Carl Robbins, Senior Pastor of Woodruff Road Presbyterian Church in Greenville, SC.    Friends, we invite you to the 2026 Confessional Conference with Greenville Seminary. This year, our topic is on The Church: The Bride of Christ. Our speakers this year include Scott Aniol, Rhett Dodson, David Irving, Ian Hamilton, Hensworth Jonas, Jonathan Master, Jim McCarthy, Michael Morales, and Mike Riccardi. This is a family conference, with a focus on prayer, fellowship, and the preaching of the Word — complete with a children's program for children 3-11. Please join us in Greenville, SC, on March 10-12.  Special thanks to Nathan Clark George for our opening and closing instrumental. Nathan serves as the Pastor of Worship alongside Kevin DeYoung at Christ Covenant Church in Matthews, NC. You can access Nathan's fantastic catalog here.

Pastors Sean Morris, Nick Bullock, and James Ritchey join us to talk about the blessing, delights, and challenges of the Lord's Day according to Reformed confessional piety and practice.  Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPk_UOzP7UY

Dr. Charlie Wingard has been a faithful minister of the gospel, serving PCA & OPC congregations in North Carolina, Massachusetts, Alabama, and Mississippi. He is the Minister of Shepherding at First Presbyterian Church in Jackson, Mississippi, and serves as Professor of Pastoral Theology & Dean of Students at RTS in Jackson. He is the author of Help for the New Pastor: Practical Advice For Your First Year of Ministry, which you can order here. You can also find some of his excellent sermons here. Greenville Seminary is pleased to announce Season 2 of the Dead Presbyterians Society Podcast. This podcast is built on a very simple conviction: to be faithful in the present, we must be rooted in the past. The old paths of Presbyterianism in the 18th and 19th centuries have much to teach us about the path we walk today. In weekly 30 minute episodes, we will reflect on the lives and works of figures such as Samuel Miller, James Henley Thornwell, and B.B. Warfield. We will consider enduring themes – prayer, Christian experience, and the church–matters of eternal significance for the people of God until Christ returns. Available everywhere you listen to podcasts. gpts.edu/dead-presbyterians-society.   Special thanks to Nathan Clark George for our opening and closing instrumental. Nathan serves as the Pastor of Worship alongside Kevin DeYoung at Christ Covenant Church in Matthews, NC. You can access Nathan's fantastic catalog here.

An international panel discusses the Reformed and Rome, triggered by a recent PCA defection to the Catholic Church. Dr. Darryl Hart of Hillsdale College, PCA ministers Dr. Sean Morris, Derrick Brite, and Wilson Van Hooser, and Natan Cerqueira of the Presbyterian Church of Brazil joined our panel.

Seth Miller preaches about the Lord's Day from Exodus 20: 8-11 recently at Immanuel Presbyerian Church in Post Falls, ID. https://immanuelpca.org/ Watch: https://www.youtube.com/live/AoIyLiiPHj0

OPC pastor Christopher Drew guides us through the monumental 20th chapter of the Westminster Confession of Faith. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UzQzFMXyKA Text: CHAPTER 20 Of Christian Liberty, and Liberty of Conscience 1. The liberty which Christ hath purchased for believers under the gospel consists in their freedom from the guilt of sin, the condemning wrath of God, the curse of the moral law; and, in their being delivered from this present evil world, bondage to Satan, and dominion of sin; from the evil of afflictions, the sting of death, the victory of the grave, and everlasting damnation; as also, in their free access to God, and their yielding obedience unto him, not out of slavish fear, but a childlike love and willing mind. All which were common also to believers under the law. But, under the new testament, the liberty of Christians is further enlarged, in their freedom from the yoke of the ceremonial law, to which the Jewish church was subjected; and in greater boldness of access to the throne of grace, and in fuller communications of the free Spirit of God, than believers under the law did ordinarily partake of. 2. God alone is Lord of the conscience, and hath left it free from the doctrines and commandments of men, which are, in anything, contrary to his Word; or beside it, if matters of faith, or worship. So that, to believe such doctrines, or to obey such commands, out of conscience, is to betray true liberty of conscience: and the requiring of an implicit faith, and an absolute and blind obedience, is to destroy liberty of conscience, and reason also. 3. They who, upon pretense of Christian liberty, do practice any sin, or cherish any lust, do thereby destroy the end of Christian liberty, which is, that being delivered out of the hands of our enemies, we might serve the Lord without fear, in holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life. 4. And because the powers which God hath ordained, and the liberty which Christ hath purchased, are not intended by God to destroy, but mutually to uphold and preserve one another, they who, upon pretense of Christian liberty, shall oppose any lawful power, or the lawful exercise of it, whether it be civil or ecclesiastical, resist the ordinance of God. And, for their publishing of such opinions, or maintaining of such practices, as are contrary to the light of nature, or to the known principles of Christianity (whether concerning faith, worship, or conversation), or to the power of godliness; or, such erroneous opinions or practices, as either in their own nature, or in the manner of publishing or maintaining them, are destructive to the external peace and order which Christ hath established in the church, they may lawfully be called to account, and proceeded against, by the censures of the church.

New to the Presbycast feed: Mothers & Sisters! Host Kerry Anderson interviews Lynda Duncan about life and ministry in the church. Kerry is the wife of Scotty Anderson, a PCA associate pastor and previous guest on Fathers & Brothers, and Lynda is the wife of ruling elder and friend of the show Mel Duncan, and serves as administrative assistant at a PCA church.  Mothers & Sisters is the brainchild of Fathers & Brothers host Jim McCarthy. If you like this show, you’ll love Greenville Seminary’s new podcast, the Dead Presbyterians Society. This podcast is built on a very simple conviction: in order to be faithful in the present, we must be rooted in the past. The old paths of Presbyterianism in the 18th and 19th centuries have much to teach us about the path we walk today. Each weekly, 30-minute episode highlights the life and work of mighty men of faith used of God like Archibald Alexander, B.M. Palmer, and Charles Hodge and explores enduring themes of their lives and ministries. Listen here: gpts.edu/dead-presbyterians-society. Special thanks to Nathan Clark George for our opening and closing instrumental. Nathan serves as the Pastor of Worship alongside Kevin DeYoung at Christ Covenant Church in Matthews, NC. You can access Nathan's fantastic catalog here.

Dr. D. Ralph Davis, one of the finest preachers, expositors, and commentators of our day, preached the gospel from the narrative of events involving Elisha, Naaman, and Gehazi in 2 Kings 5 at Covenant Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Oak Ridge, TN. You may view it here: https://youtu.be/cmY-WkB1k1I?t=1831

Author and designer Joshua Barzon joins our panel as we delve into the complex world of Bible translation and versions. Thanks to Sean Morris, Kevin White, and Derrick Brite for joining us as well.  https://www.barzondesign.com/ View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8PZRLTGuO4 Literal Word app: https://nasb.literalword.com/mobile/index.html BibleHub: https://biblehub.com/

Live from the Presbaru on a rainy afternoon, Brad talks about the content of the article linked below—The Casualties of Contemporary Worship. https://presbycast.substack.com/p/the-casualties-of-contemporary-worship

Ruling elders Kerry Gilliard and Josh Torrey and teaching elders Jackson Lin, Ryan Biese, and Zack Groff joined us to talk about issues raised at the recent PCA General Assembly.  Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7tcz90_5TM

Ministers from the ARP and OPC, Ben Glaser and Chris Drew, join us for reports about their recent synod and assembly. We also discussed issues of kinism and race realism on the margins of the presbyterian and Reformed world and Glaser's statement on these issues, which was commended by both the RPCNA and the PCA. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhYcXIHf8g8

AI enhancement helped us overcome an audio disaster (which we explain in the intro and allows us to share this conversaton with long-time ruling elder Melton Duncan and pastor Nick Bullock, who joined us for a review of the just-completed PCA in Chattanooga, TN and for a preview of the PCA study committees just instituted, including one on Christian Nationalism. Special thanks to Stephen Spinnenweber for allowing us to turn his luxury suite into Presbycast Studio Two for the week. Mel Duncan is a cradle presbyter who serves Calvary Presbytery as clerk and is on staff as a ruling elder at Second Presbyterian Church in Greenville, SC, and Nick Bullock is senior pastor of Christ Presbyterian Church in New Braunfels, TX and formerly served as a church planter in Germany.

RE Matt Fender discussses the actions of the overtures and assesses the tone and tenor of the proceedings on day zero of the PCA General Assembly, which officially opens on 6/24/2025. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dq5FzYbaOng

Live from the Presbaru—commentary on a former PCA minister's appeal to undo the action of accepting the Stated Clerk's retirement...and it comes at a very bad time, just days before the opening of the PCA General Assembly. Here's the article: https://theaquilareport.com/an-open-letter-to-my-beloved-presbyterian-church-in-america/

Dr. Neil Stewart has served churches in the ARP and PCA for the last 22 years and is currently the pastor of the historic Frist Presbyterian Church in Columbia, SC. He has contributed to a handful of theological magazines and books including A Pastor’s Heart, the Life and Ministry of Harry Reeder. You can access his excellent sermons here.  If you like this show, you’ll love Greenville Seminary’s new podcast, the Dead Presbyterians Society. This podcast is built on a very simple conviction: in order to be faithful in the present, we must be rooted in the past. The old paths of Presbyterianism in the 18th and 19th century have much to teach us about the path we walk today. Each weekly, 30-minute episode highlights the life and work of mighty men of faith used of God like Archibald Alexander, B.M. Palmer, and Charles Hodge and explores enduring themes of their lives and ministries. Listen here; gpts.edu/dead-presbyterians-society. Special thanks to Nathan Clark George for our opening and closing instrumental. Nathan serves as the Pastor of Worship alongside Kevin DeYoung at Christ Covenant Church in Matthews, NC. You can access Nathan's fantastic catalog here.    

Four PCA ministers join us to discuss the scintillating practices of minute-keeping, records review, and confessional subscription....and it was a hundred times more exciting than that sounds! Thanks to pastors Matt Adams, Jonathan Brooks, Ryan Biese, and Jason Piland.  Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzVZT9Hx1tU

This sermon was preached on 6/8/2025 by Dr. C.N. "Nick" Willborn, senior pastor at Covenant PCA, Oak Ridge, TN. We love to share teaching on worship, the church, and the offices since sermons on these subjects are somewhat rare. Dr. Willborn is widely considered to be an authority on the office of deacon and has written extensively on the subject. The opening music is an a capella verse of Psalm 150C from the Trinity Psalter Hymnal. https://www.covenant-pca.com/our-pastors