The Triune Office Reconsidered

In a recent comment about the current discussion of the role of women in the church, Jim Jordan mentioned his Rite Reasons essay #41, “The Triune Office Reconsidered.” You can read it below. Also check out Jordan’s essays “Liturgical Man, Liturgical Women” parts one and two. He says, “My thesis is that the differences between [...]

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Offertory, Part Deux

By now you probably have the Offertory essay. Any discussion? I received one question asking this: “If Jesus is the bloody firmament that protects all on the earth, how can the magistrate have the right to exercise the death penalty? Isn’t the criminal protected?”   My answer, part 1: The same is true in the [...]

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Error in Dates

The latest letter said that Peter Leithart and I will be attending the Rosenstock-Huessy Conference, and Peter will be giving a paper, at Dartmouth College June 11-12. That should have been JULY 11-12. Also, we will be at Tri-City Covenant Church the following Sunday, JULY 13. The contact information remains the same. For Rosenstock, contact [...]

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Fault Lines, Part Two

Fault Lines, Part Two: A Question to Ask and Positions to Consider It is vital to ask a tough question before I explore the ways in which the various cultures within the PCA that I described in my last article may respond to the question of women deacons/deaconesses. We have to truthfully answer the ‘why’ [...]

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Fault Lines and Earthquakes

PCA Fault Lines and the Approaching Ecclesiastical Earthquake, Part One: Introduction Covenant Seminary President Bryan Chappell will lead an important presentation and discussion concerning the future direction of the PCA at the PCA’s General Assembly in Dallas this summer. The stated reason that this seminar needs to take place (and it does, and will be excellent [...]

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More on 2008 Conference

In addition to the information on the right side of this page, I shall be teaching on church music and we shall be singing various kinds of things. Also, I plan to have a workshop or two on how to play piano/organ for worship, and if some of you would like to try your hand [...]

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