The Parrhesians
Church
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This Denomination Is Hurting Our Kids
A Letter by Chad Winkler, written and sent to the Presbytery of the Alleghenies on September 19, 2024. “The one who states his case first seems right, until the other comes and…
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The Theopolis Report
Last fall the Presbytery of the Alleghenies’ Administrative Commission ordered Beverly Heights Presbyterian Church to “…immediately suspend association or communication with the Theopolis Institute and Peter Leithart while Ministerial Committee inquires into their theological alignment…
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Church Conflict
Can you talk about the elephant in the room? Or is the pressure subtle, always masked, always out of direct view? In your discussions, are you seeking to persuade each other about…
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Racism and the EPC
The Evangelical Presbyterian Church recently released a document entitled “A Pastoral Letter of Racial Lament and Hope.” The paper is a pastoral word to the denomination regarding racism and the EPC’s response…
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The Church-Centered Mission | Part 5
The Church | The Center of Missions Missions begins in the Church, flows out into the world, and brings the world back into the Church. God is the One who sends, is…
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The Coup Document
People are hungry for the truth today, and evangelicals must be able and willing to be that source of truth in a negative world, even when their traditional, historic beliefs accord them…
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The Church-Centered Mission | Part 4
Sacraments | Signs in Missions For whatever reason, most treatments of missions neglect a discussion of the sacraments. In particular, in the modern western evangelical church, there exists the erroneous view that…
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The Church-Centered Mission | Part 3
Jesus | Obedient Sonship and the Great Commission As God’s word is the means of missions and worship is the purpose of missions, so Jesus reveals how to be obedient sons of…
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The Church-Centered Mission | Part 2
Missions exists because worship doesn’t. John Piper, Let the Nations Be Glad!, 35. Worship | The Purpose of Missions God’s word is the means of missions, and worship is the end of…
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The Church-Centered Mission | Part 1
In the beginning God sends forth His word. In the fullness of time the Father sends forth His Son. After the ascension, the Spirit is sent to the Church and the Spirit…