Moderator’s Articles
Broken Trust
By: Jay Younts, Vice Moderator of Synod Young people are leaving the church. More specifically, young people are leaving the ARP. This is hardly breaking news. In March of 2021, Gallup released a poll that showed for the first time in Gallop’s history of taking polls,...
Moderator’s Challenge
By: Rev. Patrick Malphrus, Moderator Last year’s theme, chosen by Dr. McGregor, was “Preparing the Church for the Return of Christ Jesus”, and what a fitting theme! Dr. McGregor, I believe, chose this theme before anybody knew what Covid was. Before we came to use...
Preparing the Church
For the Return of Christ Jesus By: Rob Roy McGregor III Our theme over the past year has been Building Healthy Churches and Birthing Healthy Christians. At last year’s meeting of Synod, our Moderator,...
Humility
By: Rev. Eric Hancox “Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you” (James 4:10). How should the church prepare for the return of the Lord Jesus Christ? How should God’s people be preparing and helping one another to prepare to stand before our King?...
Erskine: A Tradition and a Future
In August of last year, my wife and I drove our eldest child to Due West for her first year of college. It is always hard on parents leaving their first child at college. We had fears unique to the situation at Erskine. Would my daughter have the same experience that...
Moderator’s Challenge 2018
“Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.” I Corinthians 16:13 Reflecting on the history of the ARP Church in America and around the globe, we have witnessed the workings of our great and mighty God and the...
Are We There Yet?
The Mustard Seed Principles for The Impatient Pious and the sullen skeptics By: Michael A. Milton The Messiah sat in a boat for his humble pulpit. It must have moved gently on the water. He looked out across the beach at a growing congregation. And what he saw then is...
Making Nests In Its Branches
By Lee Shelnutt He put another parable before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field. It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a...
The Good Soil “Hears”
By: Robert J. Cara, Ph.D. Hearing To become a professor at Reformed Theological Seminary, the candidate must go through many “hoops.” One requirement is that Dr. Duncan (Chancellor) and I (Provost) interview the candidate for three hours covering a host of theological...
Don’t Despise the Day
By: Rev. Lee Shelnutt, Moderator What major anniversary do we as Protestants, as Associate Reformed Presbyterians, celebrate this year? The 500th anniversary of the beginning of the Reformation, right? Imagine with me this scene. The year was 1521. Huge crowds greet...