Pastor Chris Gordon, Pastor Chad Vegas of Sovereign Grace Church, and Westminster Seminary Professor R. Scott Clark discuss how Pastor Vegas began leaning towards Reformed ideas and how, through his research, he came across Scott Clark’s The Heidelblog. A comment online led to healthy communication and debate between the two.Continue Reading
The Mars Hill/Mark Driscoll debacle is well known. Many have listened to Christianity Today’s excellent podcast series The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill. The fall of Mars Hill is but another incident in a long series of scandals plaguing American evangelicalism. Why do such things happen over and overContinue Reading
Exposure of pastoral abuse has become all too common in our day. One of the most needful practices at the moment is for the church to give attention to the qualifications for pastoral ministry. While no pastor or elder will ever achieve perfection in this life, the standard is aContinue Reading
From left to right: Adam Jooste (deacon); Jaco Grobbelaar (elder); Simon Jooste (pastor); Rudolf Botha (elder) “Let the elders who rule well be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching” (1 Timothy 5:17). Continue Reading