A question I am often asked whenever I visit with pastors and churches is this: How is Vanguard Presbytery going to prevent the same thing happening in her communion that has happened to the PCUS, PCA, and multitudes of other denominations. Here are the things I tell people: First, the downfall of my former denominationContinue reading “Safeguards Against Progressivism”
Tag Archives: Scripture
Membership Vows
One of the things we are seeking to do in Vanguard Presbytery is to always go back to the Scripture. For that reason, our proposed Book of Church Order (as of August 5, 2020) adds a membership vow which has been left out of every other Presbyterian book of polity with which I am familiar (and mostContinue reading “Membership Vows”
How to Lead Your Church to Leave a Heterodox Denomination
In his sermon series on the Epistle to the Ephesians, Dr. D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones described in one sermon the importance of the hobnailed shoes of the Roman soldiers: Now what was the object of that, why did they do that, why was this provided for the Roman soldier? The answer is quite clear. First, heContinue reading “How to Lead Your Church to Leave a Heterodox Denomination”