We are joined by PCA teaching elder Benjamin T. Inman who has written two articles and a pending overture calling the PCA to repentance over what may be the best-selling Christian book in history Jesus Calling which was penned by a now-deceased PCA member and missionary. Read his articles here: https://www.knotsbetter.com/post/jesus-calling-pca-lament-repent and here: https://www.knotsbetter.com/post/the-pca-ga-corporate-repentance-and-jesus-calling View the show here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9vj3pMy20s

Young PCA pastors Philip Ryan and Zach Byrd join us to talk about pastoring in small-town and rural settings...with and without possums! This was a fun and encouraging conversation just as we expected. Read Philip's Substack here: https://southernfriedyankee.substack.com/p/how-to-properly-wrestle-a-church View the show (with possum and GA video) here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raBc4I2ZJvs

Brad talks about the resistance to making all or part of the PCA's worship directory constitutionally binding. Here are two opposing articles on the topic and the narrow constitutional amendment overture in question: Pro: https://pcapolity.com/2024/01/10/the-unfinished-business-of-the-pca-founding/ Con: https://pcapolity.com/2024/01/16/do-we-need-a-directory-for-worship-no/ Overture: https://pcaga.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Overture-3-Pee-Dee-BCO-53-website.pdf Book of Church Order: https://www.pcaac.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/2023-BCO-PCA.pdf Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw2-DG1LMZc  

PCA pastors Zack Groff, Matt Adams, and Jared Nelson, and ruling elder Chuck Murphy join us to cover a wide variety of 2024 issues (worship directories, exceptions, confessions, and catechisms) as Presbycast returns from holiday hiatus.  Watch: https://youtu.be/X6skScJIztM?t=21 Referenced article by Harrison Perkins: https://www.academia.edu/39872519/Images_of_Christ_and_the_Vitals_of_the_Reformed_System

A tradtion unlike any other: Presbycast and real fake holiday Festivus with Dan Borvan, Zoe Miller, and Chris Drew. We aired grievances and laud feats of strength! Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CY-26NuPMs

We join pastor Sean Morris as he preaches through the book of Exodus at chapter 20, verse 15, the Eighth Commandment. This sermon was preached on 11/12/2023 at Covenant Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Oak Ridge, TN where he serves as associate pastor. Morris attended Grove City College in Grove City, Pennsylvania, earning his BA in Biblical and Religious Studies (2010), later earning his MDiv from the Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson, Mississippi (2014) and his MTh from the University of Glasgow (2019). Morris is a member of the Evangelical Theological Society, the Society of Biblical Literature, the American Academy of Religion, and the Scottish Evangelical Theological Society. Additionally, he served as an Honors Scholar and Teaching Assistant for the Academic Dean and the Chancellor during his time at RTS and has also taught at several seminaries and pastoral training centers in Asia and Africa. He is presently pursuing his PhD in Historical Theology at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary.

National radio host and PCA church member/seminarian Erick Erickson joins us for the second time to talk about the challenges of being a Christian in the media and in the cauldron of political passion that the last decade has been. Erick does three hours of live commentary each weekday. You can find all of his content linked from https://www.erickerickson.com/ and https://ewerickson.substack.com/. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WSQKy9618M

On the actual 50th birthday of the PCA ruling elder Mel Duncan, the son of a PCA founding family, joins us as we reflect on the PCA's beginnings and roots with the help of audio of his home church's congregational meeting to leave the PCUS and of the first "Continuing Presbyterian Church" general assembly in 1973. Mr. Duncan is on staff at Second Presbyterian Church in Greenville, SC and works with the Gospel Reformation Network. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmN5sfmwsBE

You'll be encouraged to hear from three PCA pastors planting ordinary means of grace churches—Bill Berry of Christ Redeemer PCA in Jonesboro, AR, Mark Trigsted of Redeemer PCA in McKinney, TX, and Seth Miller of Immanuel PCA in Post Falls, ID. Bill and Seth would welcome your support and Mark is eager to assist those established churches seeking to multiply.  Watch: https://youtu.be/4u9XCbj5AWY https://www.christredeemer.org/ https://www.redeemermckinney.com/ https://immanuelpca.org/

Dr. T. David Gordon spoke to with us and pastor Sean Morris at the recent Reformation and Worship Conference at Midway PCA in Powder Springs, GA. He revisited some of the concerns in raised in two of his earlier books, Why Johnny Can't Preach and Why Johnny Can't Sing Hymns. We livestreamed this from the conference and you may view that video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgF_dgZGpak