Brad Isbell joins Jim Cassidy, Ryan Noha, and Camden Bucey to preview the PCA General Assembly and its 50th Anniversary Celebration. After speaking about ecumenical relations and several overtures, the group gets into a “riveting” discussion regarding a semicolon in Westminster Confession of Faith 31.4.

Mr. Isbell is a ruling elder at Covenant PCA in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Along with @Wresbyterian, he hosts Presbycast.

Chapters

• 00:00:07 Introduction
• 00:08:53 Reformed Forum 2023 Conference
• 00:09:52 PCA General Assembly
• 00:13:12 Ecumenical Relationships
• 00:18:10 More in the PCA
• 00:27:31 Overtures and Humble Petitions to the Civil Magistrate
• 00:43:05 Westminster Confession of Faith 31.4
• 00:51:52 Analyzing the Semicolon in WCF 31.4
• 00:58:36 Events at the PCA General Assembly
• 01:02:21 Conclusion

Participants: Brad Isbell, Camden Bucey, Jim Cassidy, Ryan Noha

Brad Isbell (@ChortlesWeakly) briefly steps away from the General Assembly floor, Twitter, and Presbycast to jump on another podcast mic to speak with Camden Bucey about the PCA General Assembly and the storied histories of naming the OPC and the PCA.

Mr. Isbell is a ruling elder at Covenant PCA in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Along with @Wresbyterian, he hosts Presbycast. He recently wrote, “What’s in a Denominational Name?” for the Nicotine Theological Journal. The article has also been published at The Aquila Report.

Chapters

• 00:00 General Assemblies Review
• 09:43 More in the PCA
• 15:18 PCA and OPC 50th Anniversaries
• 19:36 Denominational Names
• 32:06 Ardor and Order in the National Presbyterian Church
• 46:14 Presbyterian Collegiality
• 48:52 Church Planting Old School Ordinary Means of Grace Churches
• 53:11 Conclusion

Participants: Brad Isbell, Camden Bucey

Podcast worlds collide! Jim and Camden welcome Brad Isbell, perhaps even better known as @ChortlesWeakly, to the program to discuss ruling elders and general assemblies within Presbyterianism.

Along with @wresbyterian, Mr. Isbell hosts Presbycast, a delightful mix of high Presbyterian polity and low brow culture. Listen as we discuss the organization and operation of the PCA General Assembly, comparisons with other Presbyterian and Reformed bodies—most specifically the OPC, and what it means to take seriously the office of ruling elder.

Chapters

• 00:00 Introduction
• 05:18 Ruling Elders at the PCA General Assembly
• 11:09 The Presbyterian Constitutional Covenant Union
• 23:09 Denominational Differences
• 35:56 Why Ruling Elders Tend to Be More Conservative
• 38:10 Taking Seriously the Office of Ruling Elder
• 48:09 The 2022 PCA General Assembly in Birmingham
• 54:06 Being a Presbyterian
• 57:34 Conclusion

Links

• More in the PCA
• Todd Pruitt, “Doctrinal Latitude and the PCA” at Reformation21
• J. Gresham Machen, “The Purpose of the Covenant Union,” The Presbyterian Guardian, November 18, 1935, p. 54.

Participants: Brad Isbell, Camden Bucey, Jim Cassidy