Daniel Mann is an author and Bible teacher at New York School of the Bible. He wrote a letter responding to Ron Choong that he shared with me. I’m reprinting it below. You can also read Mann’s other writings at his blog Mann’s Words. Choose You this Day In February 2010, my wife and attended [...]
Archive for August 2010
Helpful Response to Ron Choong by Bible Teacher Daniel Mann
Tuesday, August 31, 2010Dr. Roy Taylor on the PCA’s Non-Hierarchal Presbyterianism
Tuesday, August 31, 2010The Presbyterian Church in AmericaL. Roy TaylorStated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in AmericaNon-hierarchal Presbyterianism The Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) was founded in 1973 as a denomination with the vision to be “Faithful to the Scriptures, True to the Reformed Faith, and Obedient the Great Commission.” The PCA was begun [...]
Choong & Redeemer
Monday, August 30, 2010Some people have asked me about the connection between Redeemer and Ron Choong. I stated in my post that he is a regular teacher there. He also teaches on the topics that I addressed in my previous blog post. You can see that by this simple search here. In a 2003 newsletter, it was noted [...]
Al Mohler on The Dangers of Prettifying Darwin
Saturday, August 28, 2010The Catholics will sort out their theological questions for themselves. For evangelicals, the direct lesson is that any accommodation to evolutionary theory comes with huge and inescapable theological costs. There is no way to affirm an historical Adam while holding to any mainstream model of evolution, and there is no way to affirm the Gospel [...]
Missing the Point of the Covenant of Works
Friday, August 27, 2010Part 1 – The Issue of Merit Here is how the FV will set up the issue of the covenant of works. They will say, our opponents believe that there is a meritorious covenant of works. We (the FVists) deny that there is merit in the covenant of works. Then, The FVists will claim that [...]
Letter to the Friends of the Reformed Faith concerning the Errors of Norman Shepherd
Wednesday, August 25, 2010TE Brian Carpenter has provided us with a great resource. He has published the letter sent out by the friends of the Reformed faith. After repeated attempts to deal with the errors of Norman Shepherd, these courageous men went public with their concerns. They sent out the letter below to friends of the Reformed faith [...]
A Critique of MNY Presbytery’s Gospel Eco-Systems
Wednesday, August 25, 2010I have really enjoyed reading Kenneth Kang-Hui’s blog Reformation in the City. He has a follow up to my interview on Covenant Radio. He explains how “Gospel Eco-systems” or “Centers of Influence” that we approved as our Church planting model at General Assembly this past summer have worked out in Metro New York. He writes: [...]
Edward Leigh on Justification
Wednesday, August 25, 2010I have been unable to finish the second chapter of Witsius’ Practice of Christianity. So, I’m going with some work I did on Edward Leigh. This is from his Body of Divinity. I have tried to update it a little from the original English and put it in modern font and format. Leigh was a [...]
The Modernist Controversy & Blogging: A Journalist’s Perspective on the Modernist Controversy
Tuesday, August 24, 2010The Happy TR is indeed back, and he has uncovered some real gems from the web site, The Continuing Story: Conservative Presbyterians in the Modern Era. There are a series of posts on the modernist controversy from the perspective of a journalist. TE Carpenter has re-posted the article that deals with how the suppression of [...]
Taxation Tuesday: Dr. Dominic Aquila on Why Elders Should Vote “No” on the Proposed Funding Plan
Tuesday, August 24, 2010This article appeared originally here. It should be noted that Dr. Dominic Aquila is on the cooperative ministries committee. It has been claimed that there was unanimity on the Strategic Plan in the CMC. Dr. Aquila was not present when the plan was approved. Obviously, he does not agree with the plan. Here is the [...]
Listen to My Interview with MTW Missionary Dr. William Schweitzer
Sunday, August 22, 2010This past weekend, we had the great privilege of having Dr. William Schweitzer, an MTW missionary to Gateshead (Newcastle), England, visit our church. I sat down and talked with him about his work on Sunday afternoon. You can listen to my interview with him about his work here.
Listen to Me on Covenant Radio with Dr. Hart & Dr. Clark Discussing General Assembly
Saturday, August 21, 2010You can listen to our discussion here.
Protecting the Guilty; Silencing the Critics: A Summary of the Norman Shepherd Controversy
Friday, August 20, 2010Rev. Brian Carpenter has done a great job summarizing O. Palmer Robertson’s The Current Justification Controversy. You can read it here. I would highly recommend this article to you. Every time I hear about this part of the controversy it never ceases to amaze me. Here’s TE Carpenter’s telling of it: When it became apparent [...]
Turretin on the Reformed Faith
Friday, August 20, 2010What is the Reformed Faith? by Francis Turretin Our religion is that which is wholly occupied with knowing the one and triune God, the Creator, preserver and Redeemer, and rightly worshipping him according to his command. It gives the entire glory of our salvation to God alone and writes against man alone the true cause [...]
Taxation Tuesday: TE Roy Taylor Sends Down Amendments to the Presbyteries with His Own Grounds
Tuesday, August 17, 2010Dr. Roy Taylor has sent down the proposed tax amendment to the Presbyteries. No one passed any grounds, but, apparently, Dr. Taylor has decided to add some “grounds” that he thought would be helpful. I am publishing them here. I already responded today to the CCB’s advice. In the coming Taxation Tuesdays I will respond [...]
Taxation Tuesday: Answers to Todd Pedlar’s Questions on the Proposed Tax
Tuesday, August 17, 2010Todd Pedlar his written an article on the proposed tax. He has asked some good questions. I answered on his web site, and I thought I would reproduce the answers here. 1. Do PCA teaching elders who are without a call have the right to vote at GA, currently? If so, what will happen to [...]
Taxation Tuesday: Responding to the CCB
Tuesday, August 17, 2010The Committee on Constitutional Business (CCB), a committee of eight men, ruled that the proposed BCO amendments to 14-1 and 14-2 were not in conflict with the rest of the Constitution. This was touted as “approval” of the amendments by the promoters of the plan. I have argued that it is in conflict with BCO [...]
Taxation Tuesday: AC Committee Declares “All Giving Is Voluntary under Our Constitution”
Tuesday, August 17, 2010The Administrative Committee of the PCA has proposed a funding plan that will amend the Constitution by allowing the General Assembly to tax local churches and penalize them for failure to pay. I would urge you to read the proposed amendment here. It is interesting to note that this has come up before. In 2007, [...]
Doug Wilson on why we have an FV controversy
Monday, August 16, 2010Doug Wilson has written his opinion on why there is a Federal Vision controversy. He provides three reasons: Federal Visionists are strong on ordinary six day creation. We lack a hierarchy like the Roman Catholic Church that can crush our opponents, so we have to use the internet. They are building a new Christendom in [...]
TE Greg Lawrence and James Jordan to Speak at CREC Eurasia Conference
Saturday, August 14, 2010CREC Eurasia is a mission of Christ the King Church (CREC) in Springfield, MO. It is seeking to establish a CREC Eurasian Presbytery of ten CREC churches by 2015. The CREC is the Confederation of Reformed Evangelical Churches (Doug Wilson’s denomination and the de facto home of the Federal Vision theology). Toward that end, they [...]