Our friend Pastor D. talks about his educational and preaching mission to China. We examine the size, scope, and health of the Chinese church and we heard an amazing story about the Lord's Day meetings of rural Chinese churches.

Reformed Forum major domo Camden Bucey and a brigade of hot sauce veterans join us to talk heat, theology, and life.   Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcftXn38HCM (episode is uniquely suited to video....tears, etc.) Machen food article: https://presbycast.substack.com/p/what-did-machen-eat

Dr. Joseph A. Pipa Jr. is president emeritus and professor of systematic and applied theology at Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Greenville, S.C.  He is also co-pastor of Antioch Presbyterian Church in Woodruff, SC. You can find his books here and listen to his sermons here. Special thanks to Nathan Clark George for our opening and closing instrumental. Nathan serves as the Pastor of Worship alongside Kevin DeYoung at Christ Covenant Church in Matthews, NC. You can access Nathan's fantastic catalog here.

Dr. C.N. "Nick" Willborn, senior pastor of Covenant PCA in Oak Ridge, TN, preaches an excellent sermon on the nature and mission of the church.  You may view the service in which it was preached here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fao1cGXmE64

Hillsdale historian DG Hart and California pastor Chad Vegas join us to talk about worship through the centuries and the long, strange trip Vegas' reforming church has made. Again, we look behind a church curtain...and even peek into the drummer cage.  Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmOF98_sAGw

Scholar-pastor Harrison Perkins walks us through his new book Reformed Covenant Theology. His friend (and ours) Derrick Brite helps us along the way. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UbLXl0qCK8 

Our panel of five works through a controversial piece by New York Times columnist and former PCA member David French. Read it or listen to it here: (as long as firewall link works): https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/12/opinion/right-wing-presbyterian-church-canceled.html?unlocked_article_code=1.CU4.WNW_.X-JUJe-yJ6Dj&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare Watch the show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_sw_MhHnaQ

PCA church planter Alexandre Sarran and pastor-scholar Dr. Dan Borvan join us to talk about religious life in France now and in the 16th and 17th centuries, the era of the Huguenots.  Learn more here: https://theaquilareport.com/about-confessional-presbyterian-church-planting-in-calvins-homeland/ and here: https://www.egliselyongerland.org/ Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_X74acSxkU

The late Dr. Martyn Llloyd-Jones joins us as we fight through a collection of 20th-century patriotic (mostly) gospel songs and cultural artifacts. Our conclusion: Little has changed in the USA and it's easy to find weird songs.  Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye2UY6L-M88

We hear the unique story of Wilson Van Hooser, the pastor of Grace Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Stillwater, OK and host of the Gospel Gazing podcast. He is a former RUF minister, and played college and professional football. Sean Morris joined us as well. Here's a Substack by Wilson: https://substack.com/home/post/p-66526538 Watch the show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moPBhL9lLl4