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URCNA minister Rev. Brian Lee joins us to talk about pastoring in the challenging city of Washington DC (very near Capitol Hill) and his denominations new church planting manual which can be found here: https://www.urcna.org/file_retrieve/113352 Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkcOE4y6CSk  

URCNA pastor Chris Gordon joins us to discuss his ongoing dialogue with Stephen Wolfe concerning living in exile as Christian citizens and church officers. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8FJCXQ9ntM  Watch the original Abounding Grace Radio video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8FJCXQ9ntM  

(You may need to delete and re-download the file—initial upload was partial.) David Gilbert is the Senior Pastor of Grace Presbyterian Church in Douglasville, GA. He also teaches preaching at GPTS, has written for Tabletalk Magazine and has become a regular on the American Reformed & Presbyterian conference circuit.  You can 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. Fathers & Brothers is committed to bringing you in-person interviews with seasoned pastors about life and ministry. Special thanks to my alma mater, Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, for helping us serve our audience through their generous support of the show.  If you're interested in studying at Greenville Seminary or contributing to their work, check them out at GPTS.edu. - Jim McCarthy Also, be sure to register for GPTS's upcoming Confessional Conference: The Pastor: His Call, Character and Work (March 11-13, 2025). Speakers include Ian Haimlton, Terry Johnson, Jonathan Master, David Gilbert, Jeff Stivason, Ryan McGraw, Carlton Wynne, John Tweedale, and Craig Troxel. Learn more and register here.  

The Presbycast Radio Players stage a silly live radio remote from the fictional Xanders's Xian Lifestyle Store and then express their appreciation for their respective Reformed churches. Come for the fun, stay for the encouragement.  Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_PGE6lFNWo  

Brad reads and expands upon his short Substack piece prompted by 1926 newspaper ads about dueling sermons from J. Gresham Machen and a Social Gospeler in St. Louis. Read the article and see the ads: https://presbycast.substack.com/p/a-presbyterian-historical-snippet. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZf6pe7R5fU

Here's a sermon from Hebrews 13 on the offices from Dr. Nick Willborn of Covenant Presbyterian Church, Oak Ridge, TN, which preceded officer elections for the church. There is a lengthy introduction concerning Moses and Jethro from Exodus 18. There's also some good unaccompanied congregational singing of a psalm and hymn. Listeners may notice that the sermons we post generally concern ecclesiology or worship—two topics not often covered by preachers.

Gospel Reformation Network executive council members Jon Payne, Ligon Duncan, Mel Duncan, Richard Phillips, Jason Helopoulos, David Strain, and Jonathan Master have an engaging roundtable discussion on the nature and task of the ruling elder. This is also the theme of the 2025 GRN National Conference in Sanford, Florida (May 7-8). You can learn more about the conference and register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-grn-national-conference-tickets-1030379682367

An all-star cast of presbyterians came together to make predictions for 2025 developments in the kingdoms of the church and the world. Ruling elder Kerry and pastors Chris Drew, Reed DePace, Ryan Biese, Job Dalomba, Nick Bullock, and Wilson Van Hooser.  Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iteWbuC-5wg

This program contains two recordings from several years ago—an account of the death of Machen on January 1, 1937, followed by a reading of the monumental final chapter (The Church) from Machen's great work, Christianity and Liberalism. On YouTube; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRym5CKIxdA

Dr. R. Scott Clark and pastor Sean Morris help us think about how to be both faithful and welcoming to visitors, outsiders, and newcomers.  Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTAHYqEnmSw