presbycast

Dr R. Scott Clark and former Roman Catholic seminarian Sean join us to talk about the doctrine of concupiscence and its implications for the SSA/"gay Christian" debates. Our jumping-off point was this piece by Dr. Clark which was a reaction to this interview.

We use a talk from Dr. Scott Aniol from the 2018 Reformation Worship Conference to preview this year's conference coming up on October 17, 2019. Scott compares contemporary worship with pre-Reformation Medieval worship and says the remedy for one is the remedy for the other. He is Associate Professor and chair of PhD Worship studies at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary; executive director of Religious Affections Ministries. Hear more excellent audio from this conference here.

CW and @OddDeacon reflect on their visit to the local megachurch's movie-based content series/80s pop culture-fest. Suffice it to say that they are content to stay with boring, regulated presbyterian worship for now. This is not a troll job, but a serious discussion of the elements of worship. And there's a bit of trolling.

Deacons Tim Hopper and Odd Deacon join us along with semi-regular Ben Woodring to talk about The Chicken Sandwich War (complete with reviews), the Chik-fil-A cult, a new Machen website, Ben's book of confessions, and more. Is this the show that jumped the shark or hooked and landed it? Tim's Machen site: https://www.readmachen.com/ Ben's book is here.

Live from the Presbaru, a talk about the marks of the church and how worship fits (or should fit) into them. An example of the referenced "At the Movies" events: https://gochristfellowship.com/at-the-movies/

Veteran pastor and polemicist Andy Webb joins us to talk about the PCA's long, hot summer which sees continued strife over Revoice and a small group of conservatives heading for the exits.

Here's a show that will make little sense to our non-Twitter listeners, but do do listen to the first 15 minutes to hear the announcement of our upcoming special event: The Presbycast Confacruise. Thanks to a host of Twitter friends who joined us to help design the worst imaginable Christian conference/festival.

Dr. Darryl Hart of Hillsdale College joins us from a vacation cabin in Massachusetts to talk about evangelicalism from the 16th to 21st centuries. He blogs at Old Life and has written numerous books on American and church history. At his request, here is a link to our painful bumper music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5PLf-2FYIM&feature=youtu.be

CW talks about the deconversion of Joshua Harris, the YRR, and TGC. And episcopacy! https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/reflections-josh-harris-deconversion/

OPC minister Dan Borvan joins us to talk about the need for a new iconoclasm to clear the accrued idols that clutter the worship of the church. Here are two pieces we referenced: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/rogereolson/2019/07/the-new-american-evangelical-liturgy/ http://www.swrb.ab.ca/newslett/actualNLs/NRC_ch02.htm