FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 19, number 26, June 18, 2020 "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you." -Matthew 28:19,20 Last week I wrote that I have left the... Continue Reading →
Leaving the PCA
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 19, number 25, June 11, 2020 "Depart, depart, go out from there, touch nothing unclean; go out of the midst of her, purify yourselves. . ." -Isaiah 52:11 My wife and I became members of the Presbyterian Church in America in 1976 when we had the privilege of working on... Continue Reading →
Grieving the Spirit in the PCA
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 19, number 11, March 12, 2020 "Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed to the day of redemption." -Ephesians 4:30 Have you ever considered that our issues in the Presbyterian Church in America are actually grieving the Holy Spirit? And what are those issues? They... Continue Reading →
Lessons Learned from Memorial Presbyterian Church and the Q Collective
By Al Baker, TE PCA, Evangel PresbyteryMarch 6, 2020 "Do not be bound together with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness; or what fellowship has light with darkness?" -2 Corinthians 6:14 The story broke March 5 of Memorial Presbyterian Church (PCA) and its connection with The Chapel, described as a ministry partner on the Memorial... Continue Reading →
Strict, Full or Good Faith Subscription?
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITSvolume 19, number 2, January 9, 2020 "You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus." -2 Timothy 2:1 While in a Roman prison, awaiting execution at the hands of Nero, the Roman Emperor, Paul is writing to his beloved son in the faith, Timothy. Paul gives... Continue Reading →
God’s Method of Extraction from the PCA’s Present Unpleasantness
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITS volume 18, number 31, August 1, 2019 "And I shall take the heart of stone out of their flesh and give them a heart of flesh, that they may walk in My statutes and keep My ordinances, and do them. Then they will be My people, and I shall be... Continue Reading →
My Take on What Has Gone Wrong in the Presbyterian Church in America
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITS volume 18, number 30, July 25, 2019 ". . . my children are desolate because the enemy has prevailed." -Lamentations 1:16 My Take on What Has Gone Wrong in the Presbyterian Church in America Jeremiah the prophet writes the above words after the horrific exile of the people of Judah to... Continue Reading →
Defiled Offerings in the PCA
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITS volume 18, number 29, July 18, 2019 “I am not pleased with you,” says the Lord of hosts, “nor will I accept an offering from you.” -Malachi 1:10 Defiled Offerings in the PCA After the prophet Malachi’s hard-hitting prophecy to post-exilic Judah, Yahweh was silent for four hundred years before... Continue Reading →
Bible or Babble?
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITS volume 18, number 22, May 30, 2019 "All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work." -2 Timothy 3:16,17 Bible or Babble? In the overture coming from Missouri Presbytery... Continue Reading →
Big Tent? Be Careful for What You Ask
FORGET NONE OF HIS BENEFITS volume 18, number 6, February 7, 2019 "So He gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul." -Psalm 106:15 Big Tent? Be Careful For What You Ask We are not told who... Continue Reading →