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It's Presbypocalypse Now...and it sure did take a long time. Lots of listeners joined us live on Reforween to talk about nearly everything under the sun, which is to say Kanye and megachurches, mostly.

In our final pair of interviews from the 2019 Reformation Worship Conference we talk to Les Lanphere minutes after the world premiere of his new movie about worship, and we speak to the Rev. Iver Martin, principal of Edinburgh Theological Seminary about the seminary, changes in the worship of the Free Church of Scotland, and...Chik-fil-A.

CW teaches on presbyterian church government. The source material is Guy Waters' book How Jesus Runs the Church.

We're pleased to offer two interviews from the 2019 Reformation Worship Conference -- first with Drs. Scott Aniol and T. David Gordon on worship and music, then a missionary-church planter to Belgium, David Lamos in which we learn about a country not often (these days) on the Reformed radar. The bumper music is from the conference as well.

Get behind the scenes of your second-favorite podcast, Mortification of Spin, with the show's producer Nayara Andrejczyk who talked with CW and Wresby at the 2019 Reformation Worship Conference.

CW teaches on presbyterian church government. This second installment looks at the Westminster Confession's teaching on the church in chapter 25 and touches on the introduction to Guy Waters' book How Jesus Runs the Church. The question at the end referred to the lack or infrequency of church discipline in many evangelical churches.

Chuck Finney and Odd Deacon join us to talk about worship wars from the early church to today -- lots of good, helpful, and encouraging stuff from these guys who take worship seriously and themselves...not so much.

CW teaches on presbyterian church government. The first installment is an introduction to the topic stressing the importance of the church and the prevalence of the topic throughout the New Testament. The remainder of the series will use Guy Waters' book How Jesus Runs the Church.

Wresby and former baptized infant Drew Mills talk Kanye -- catalog, culture, and conversion. Can this podcast survive two rap shows in one week? We'll see. At any rate, no one else is doing this...

Our friend senior(ish) Christian marketplace leader Sean joins us to talk about the phenomenon of city-focused parachurch strategies as typified by one organization's promotional video. Learn more here.

Enjoy an old-school show with Wresby and CW talking tacos and answering listener questions to the best of their limited ability. The ending is a 20-minute section of a bizarro Old Testament Christian rock opera from the early 70s...so you know what to expect.

Our good friend Hutch joins us to talk about Jordan Peterson and his controversial intersection with Christianity and our culture...and what it could mean. Be sure to check out Hutch's YouTube channel for more great content.

Ride along with CW on the way to work as he talks about images, the second commandment, and the use of images in Reformed churches and publications. The article in question is not available online. (But CW's article now is: https://www.theaquilareport.com/a-question-of-images/)

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

Well, hang on to your hats and hide the children, we have a present-day creepy IFB preacher man dispensing marital tips and a couple of interesting vintage tunes -- one from the dramatic gospel-horror genre and the other a very snappy and upbeat Old Testament story song. Enjoy.

We are joined by @CamdenBucey of @ReformedForumto talk about their ground-breaking programming, more than a decade (and hundreds of shows) of Reformed podcasting, and his unique new role as an OPC evangelist. https://reformedforum.org/

A reading of "The Separateness of the Church" By J. Gresham Machen, a sermon preached in the chapel of Princeton Theological Seminary on Sunday, March 8, 1925. http://www.pcahistory.org/findingaids/machen/separateness.pdf

Descend into the dark and confusing world of Presbycast bumper music...again. In high-fidelity, long-play stereo! BONUS: See the real Silent Topher here (on mandolin): https://vimeo.com/216852115

OPC pastor Todd Bordow joins us to work through a helpful article he wrote about the Revoice controversy in the PCA. Todd brings years of ministering to homosexuals and thinking and writing about sexual ethics to the table. He is also co-host of the the Glory Cloud Podcast. https://www.theaquilareport.com/revoice-the-pca-and-a-way-forward/

The guys get together live and local at Wresby's house and talk about Presbycast's untimely birth and third(!) anniversary, their favorite podcasts, and grilling...pizza.

Ruling elders Charlie Nave of More in the PCA and Scott Hedgecock join us for a mid-PCA GA live show that could not be uploaded via our paltry hotel wifi. The first portion was broadcast live on YouTube. Excuse the occasional intrusion of loud hotel air conditioning and Wresby's early departure due to diapers or bandwidth...we don't know.

Aquila Report founder, pastor, and professor Dominic Aquila joins us to analyze the events of the 2019 PCA General Assembly and shared pastoral advice for the confused and discouraged. We spent a lot of time on the Revoice controversy and the Nashville Statement.

Pastors Nathan Eshelman and Shawn Anderson join us to talk about the RPCNA in our Tour de NAPARC. Amazingly, no psalms were sung! We also talked about their great podcast on the Westminster Standards, The Jerusalem Chamber.

We share a reading of an article about a Methodist's assessment of Machen and his supposed "tempermental idiosyncrasies" in the 1920s, and we ask "What did Machen sound like?" -- and we include an audio clip of his contemporary in Baltimore, H.L. Mencken. Here's the article: http://www.thisday.pcahistory.org/2019/06/june-10-machen-as-seen-by-a-methodist/

CW talks about the just-ended, two-day Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting, slickly led by megachurch pastor J.D. Greear. Forgive the occasional interference in the middle portions -- I forgot to turn my phone on airplane mode.

Long-serving (and long-suffering?) PCA ruling elder Bob Mattes joins to help us preview the 2019 PCAGA and understand the process, players, and parameters more fully.

This inaugural episode of Machen Minutes features a word of introduction, a reading from the last chapter of "Christianity and Liberalism," and Machen's favorite hymn as a closing piece. #MachenMinutes Read C&L free at https://reformed.org/books/chr_and_lib/

Teaching elders Aaron Morgan and Michael Dixon of Fellowship Presbytery (South Carolina) join us by phone to talk about their presbytery's overture "Commend and Distribute RPCNA's 'Contemporary Perspectives Sexual Orientation: A Theological and Pastoral Analysis'". The overture may be found here (PDF link): http://www.pcahistory.org/topicalresources/sexuality/RPCNA_Study.pdf

Dr. Benjamin Shaw of Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary joins us to talk about the upcoming 2019 PCA General Assembly. We talk high concept and specific issues, including the propriety of delegated assemblies, study committees, and "statement" overtures. Be sure to check out his new Ecclesiastes commentary and his blog -- GPTS Rabbi.

Dominic Aquila of the Aquila Report joins us for a wide-ranging discussion of the last 80 years of conservative presbyterianism in the US, much told through his own experience as new convert, seminarian, minister, professor, pastor, and publisher. We also discuss the DNA, history, and hopeful trajectory of the PCA.

Presbycast presents "The New Evangelical Social Gospel" by Dr. Roger and Dianne Smallings, PCA missionaries to Latin America in three parts. This book is available for free at the Smallings' website and on Amazon for Kindle. The work is read by Noel Henley. We thank the Smallings for their permission to distribute this timely work.

Talking about Revoice issues in the PCA and beyond. Here is the link to the report in question: https://mopres.org/safari/article/37.html (download link at bottom of page) https://revoice.us/

Presbycast presents "The New Evangelical Social Gospel" by Dr. Roger and Dianne Smallings, PCA missionaries to Latin America in three parts. This book is available for free at the Smallings' website and on Amazon for Kindle. The work is read by Noel Henley. We thank the Smallings for their permission to distribute this timely work.

Presbycast presents "The New Evangelical Social Gospel" by Dr. Roger and Dianne Smallings, PCA missionaries to Latin America in three parts. This book is available for free at the Smallings' website and on Amazon for Kindle. The work is read by Noel Henley. We thank the Smallings for their permission to distribute this timely work.

For better or worse it was a live Saturday night: music, voicemails, callers. Would you believe it if we said that the subject matter was diverse? That the content and delivery were true AM radio-quality? You may watch the proceedings on YouTube. Featuring Chris Drew, @machenwarrior, the hated Drew Mills, Old School Presby, and a newly-minted presby. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kHawHKyuQs

A quick bulletin of the withdrawal of Overture 29 (allow ordination of female deacons) to the 2019 PCA General Assembly. Overtures page: https://www.pcaac.org/general-assembly/overtures/

Dr. R. Scott Clark of Westminster Seminary California joins us to answer the question "What is the Gospel?" -- and what is not. We also discuss (necessarily) a good bit of church history, including 20th century evangelicalism. Be sure to visit https://heidelblog.net/

Neil Shenvi joins us to talk about critical theory and its subset critical race theory, intersectionality, and the effect on Christian discourse and church life which these theories and concepts have. And we never once used the word "woke"-- Neil is an irenic and reasonable man. Visit his website and follow him at @NeilShenvi.

CW talks about the process of designing and building a church building with the primary focus on Reformed worship and ministry. See photos here: http://cpcbuild.blogspot.com/

CW joins pastor Mike Abendroth of No Compromise Radio to talk about a wide variety of Big Eva and little (and big) "R" issues. Thanks to Mike for allowing us to repost this for the convenience of our listeners, but do subscribe to NoCo!

Talking about Overture 29 to the 2019 PCA General Assembly to allow ordained female deacons which we describe as "a totally new unisex office without authority"-- text here (PDF link). Thanks to one of our listeners for making new equipment possible which vastly improves these in-car recordings, which should get even better as we figure it out.