PCA
Steve Smallman
Harry Reeder
Tim Keller
RPCNA
Gordon Keddie
Free Church of Scotland
Donald Macleod
My word, what a week.
May God’s saints rest in Christ and rise in glory.
Until the resurrection…
“We can’t promote marginalized voices by telling them what is acceptable to say. We must fight to preserve the free flow of ideas…however uncomfortable it makes us. Democracy has never been a safe space.”
@Kasparov63
PCA/NAPARC friends:
Let’s continue to pray for our sister church, Covenant PCA Nashville & the
@CovenantKnights
. They’ve faded from the headlines, but are surely still grieving.
May the Lord minister to them with resurrection hope (even defiant joy in Christ) tomorrow & always.
Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 1.
What is your only comfort in life and in death?
That I am not my own,
but belong—
body and soul,
in life and in death—
to my faithful Savior, Jesus Christ.
He has fully paid for all my sins with his precious blood,
1/
I owe more to this man than I could possibly put into one tweet.
@LigonDuncan
pastored me from afar during my college years when I was first coming into Reformed theology, he was my 1st pastor during our time
@FPCJxnMS
& he’s continued to be an indispensable model & mentor to me.
After initially thinking he wouldn’t be able to join us tonight due to health concerns, O. Palmer Robertson is now addressing the GRN
@gospelrefnet
National Conference.
What a gift he is to the PCA and the wider church.
@DarbyStouffer
Not a meme, but a memory. When I was in college, I directed a Reformed conference and invited your grandfather to speak. He was unable to because of his declining health, but he sent me a hand written letter telling me how sad he was that he’d be unable to come. I still have it.
Annual friendly reminder:
#CyberMonday
was originally a pagan holiday until Emperor Constantine invented Amazon at the World Economic Forum (held near Nicaea that year) in 1776.
Overheard at
@RefWorCon
:
Chad Van Dixhoorn, having misplaced his driver’s license, recently used this book as a form of ID at the airport (since it has his name and picture on the back flap).
#RWC
Annual friendly reminder:
#LaborDay
was originally a pagan holiday until Constantine declared it an imperial festival due to his wife, Fausta, giving birth at the Council of Nicaea. Sources say her labor was induced out of shock of witnessing St Nicholas strike Arius in the face
Y’all.
It’s not every day that an online shopping cart brings a few tears to my eyes. But take a look. This is from a church member who was recently converted and is soon to be a new father.
Praise God for his grace in the lives of his people.
Remember Presby friends:
The most important presbytery of all is the presbytery in your heart.
**I have no idea what this means, but I’m hoping the phrase lands soon in a Hallmark movie near you.
**Be warned: This statement has also been known to elicit violent reactions.
Another great
@HarryLReeder3
memory:
Couple years ago at
@gospelrefnet
gathering at
@SPCGreenville
, Harry was trying to figure out how much time was left for his talk. Looking around for a timepiece, he saw no clock on the back wall.
“My goodness—this IS a godly sanctuary!” 🤣
Love to close out and “crown the Lord’s Day” w/evening worship at CPC.
1.5 hours after service has ended, there’s still a solid amount people fellowshipping, laughing, kids running around playing, etc.
Might be the sweetest time of fellowship each week at our church.
Thankful.
We warmly welcome you to join us this Lord’s Day, August 27th.
9:45AM—Sunday School, feat. Donut Sunday 🍩 for the kids/youth classes as we start a new year!
10:55—AM Worship: Exodus 17:8-16 (The LORD Our Banner)
5:55—PM Worship: Eccl. 12:13, 14 (Whatever Happened to God–Pt 1)
One more
@HarryLReeder3
memory:
At the end of breakfast, Harry came up to a few of us, clapped us on the back & said, “Fellas, I’m gonna do something now that the Lord never did & never will: I’m gonna leave you.” 😆
“[H]e is not sent away, but only sent before.” ~ Rutherford
Another father figure to many in the Reformed world, Donald Macleod, Principal Emeritus of
@ETS_Edinburgh
(Free Church of Scotland College) has now also gone home to be with the Lord.
@freechurchscot
“Time, like an ever-rolling stream, bears all its sons away…”
I love this picture of
@homebringwine
and two-year-old Benjamin. (March 7, 2018)
Bubs came to my birthday lunch and he wanted to “dress like daddy.”😆
🚨 BIG NEWS 🚨
Stay tuned this week for the cover reveal of our republication of John Murray's "Redemption Accomplished and Applied!"
Coming this Summer.
@homebringwine
was victorious. Little guy finally arrived around 11:30 this morning. Pics forthcoming. But for now, this GIF which bears a remarkable similarity…
It is the year 2097. All the Episcopalians have gone extinct. Thanks to the legal savvy of a PCA Ruling Elder attorney in the greater DC Metro area familiar w/ estate gifts & bequests, the former Washington National Cathedral is now known as the Washington National Worship Hall.
The year is 2987 and the church throughout the world is satisfied with the simple means of grace (Word, sacraments, and prayer), honors the Lord's Day, shares the good news of the gospel with unbelievers, and doesn't stoop to shock-jockery and trolling in the name of "courage."
My childhood pastor (who was like a 2nd father) went to be with the Lord some years ago. He fought valiantly for years in the PC(USA).
I’ve learned that his widow & one of his daughters are in process of joining the PCA.
I just thought there’s something poignant & lovely there
Great night tonight
@CovPresPCA
. Installation service for me as associate pastor. Friends from
@WestminsterROA
,
@GroveCtyCollege
,
@RTSJackson
and more. What a rich and blessed occasion.
Surely the lines have fallen for us in pleasant places.
More here:
“To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in this treasure house, the Bible?”
— Queen Elizabeth II
In honor of this most splendid of weeks, the
#PCAGA
(gathering this year in Memphis, TN):
🎶 Put on my good brown shoes
and I got in the car.
Drove in to the place where the navy suits are all worn near and far.
The Stated Clerk’s Office, oh, they’re lookin’ out for me.
Host
🎵 Lord, prepare me
to go to presbytery;
Blunt, not angry;
with good foo-o-o-ood.
With my Robert’s Rules,
I will not be a fool;
in my khakis, and navy blue… 🎶
(Song leader: “Let’s sing it one more time, church…”)
@thepresbygirls
are partaking in a Thanksgiving Eve pie-baking Palooza. Once caught in the act of peak domesticity, neither of them are amused at the camera man.
@zoeschimke
@homebringwine
One last time. Our 390th Lord’s Day at
@WestminsterROA
.
I was ordained to gospel ministry in this very room on Memorial Day wknd in 2015. We conclude here now on Memorial Day wknd 7 years later. Fitting.
Surely the lines have fallen for us in pleasant places.
Great to be here at the annual
@gospelrefnet
National Conference in beautiful Charlotte, NC.
Many thanks to
@SovGracePCA
for serving as our warm and gracious hosts this week.
(Thanks also to
@ZGroff
for the aerial drone shot!)
“Tommy Boy” (1995) is loosely based on a period in Thomas Aquinas’ youth wherein he inherited his decreased father’s wagon-parts business, was opposed by his stepmother, and traveled Italy as part of a medieval bard-minstrel troupe trying to drum up new clients.
Few know this.
‘This is the reason why we love the Lord’s day. This is the reason why we “call the Sabbath a delight.” A well-spent Sabbath we feel to be a day of heaven upon earth. For this reason we wish our Sabbaths to be wholly given to God. We love to spend the whole time in the public and
Today marks one year since the tragedy that occurred at the Covenant School in Nashville.
This dreadful milestone has been on my mind much in recent days.
Lord, have mercy. Lord, come quickly.
HT:
@ShowHope
Remember. ❤️
"On the morning of Monday, March 27, 2023, I felt the soft kicks of my little baby boy for the first time during my pregnancy. It wasn’t until later in the day that I learned of what had transpired less than three hours away in Nashville."
Made the requisite pilgrimage to
@bucees
on the way home from the
#PCAGA
RPR Committee meeting.
Picked up a few things for the kids, including a stuffed toy beaver that looks remarkably like
@homebringwine
’s fourth-born…
Friday. Fire. Friends. Full-throttle theology. Fried turkey.
It’s another Fireside Theology Night at
@WestminsterROA
. Love our crew of guys and gals that come out for our monthly Beeke-fest!
🎵 Lord, prepare me
to go to presbytery;
Blunt, not angry;
with good foo-o-o-ood.
With my Robert’s Rules,
I will not be a fool;
in my khakis, and navy blue… 🎶
(Song leader: “Let’s sing it one more time, church…”)
“A New Testament Christian? Nah. A TWO Testament Christian.
See the promises of God kept and unfolded and fulfilled—see his faithfulness!—from Genesis to Revelation.”
(Dr. Rhett Dodson)
@BannerofTruth
#bannerconf
So very proud of my dear wife, Sarah. Here’s a serious-yet-humorous, honest, and hopeful consideration from an ordinary PCA laywoman as we head into PCA General Assembly this week in St. Louis.
#pcaga
@RediscHumility
I am a Presbyterian by conviction, but I have long appreciated the elegance, beauty and Scripture-saturated contours of the Anglican Book of Common Prayer.
🎵 Lord, prepare me
to go to presbytery;
Blunt, not angry;
with good foo-o-o-ood.
With my Robert’s Rules,
I will not be a fool;
in my khakis, and navy blue… 🎶
(Song leader: “Let’s sing it one more time, church…”)
“Unfathomable oceans of grace are in Christ for you. Dive and dive again, you will never come to the bottom of these depths.”
— Robert Murray M’Cheyne
@McCheyneQuotes
It is not great talents God blesses so much as great likeness to Jesus. A holy minister is an awful weapon in the hand of God.
~Robert Murray M’Cheyne
@McCheyneQuotes
“The usefulness of an elder will depend in the long run more on his character than on his gifts and knowledge.” -David Dickson. The Elder and His Work.
13 years
Marriage isn't a walk in the park, but it's way easier when you have a good sense of humor. Sean and I have too much fun bantering back and forth, teasing, and roasting each other until we're crying laughing.
Glad to be married to a man who can laugh with and at me.😆
#TerribleTVSeries
Ideas:
Pride and Presbyterianism: a made-for-Netflix adaptation of the Jane Austen classic.
(Alternatively, for our Dutch friends, Synods and Sensibility)
Is this the first marriage facilitated by a Presbyterian podcast? I dunno, but surely there can’t be more than 10 of these.
Either way, congrats
@zoeschimke
and
@Presbydog95
! We’re watching from TN & praying for every blessing.
Party like it’s 1646!
@presbycast
@thepresbygirls
Celebrating Second Christmas with
@homebringwine
’s family. Her mother won some scotch at a company raffle and kindly gifted it to me.
Help us settle a dispute: should we mix it with Sprite and make a nice Christmas punch? Or just put it with some Coke? Or Pepsi? 🥤🥃 🧊
In regards to the main meeting space for worship services in a church building, some Presbys use the term “sanctuary.”
Others prefer “worship hall,” “meeting house room,” or “auditorium.”
I propose: DOXALARIUM.
One of the more experienced brothers on
#PCAGA
#RPR
came and put his arm around me and asked “Well, what do you think of RPR? Did it meet your expectations?”
Me: “It was everything that I dreamed it would be—and I mean that in the worst way.” 🤣🤣