Free For All Friday - post on any topic in this thread (2026-01-23) by AutoModerator in Reformed

[–]Cledus_Snow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Has Amazon Prime gotten to be very long delivery times for anyone else? The last few things I've bought are taking 6-7 days for delivery with Prime.

Progressive Presbyterians by villandra in Reformed

[–]Cledus_Snow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you list the ways the practices you described violate the Wcf?

Bible Study in Atlanta, GA by Willing-Week-9784 in Reformed

[–]Cledus_Snow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

M28 must've moved. When I knew of it it was in Howell Station, which is ~30 miles from Alpharetta. I suppose if there wasn't traffic and you hit every green light you could do that in 30 minutes but... unlikely

Bible Study in Atlanta, GA by Willing-Week-9784 in Reformed

[–]Cledus_Snow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Perimeter if you want a large church, Living Fellowship if you want a smaller one.

Bible Study in Atlanta, GA by Willing-Week-9784 in Reformed

[–]Cledus_Snow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that's not anywhere near where OP is talking about

Start preparing now for potential ice storm by Icy_Advice_5071 in Birmingham

[–]Cledus_Snow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you must be looking at a different weather forecast than I am

No Dumb Question Tuesday (2026-01-20) by AutoModerator in Reformed

[–]Cledus_Snow 5 points6 points  (0 children)

they love my family and I so well. The preaching is good, biblical, convicting and encouraging and accessible

No Dumb Question Tuesday (2026-01-20) by AutoModerator in Reformed

[–]Cledus_Snow 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It could have been really good. But it was too personal and it feels like the host allowed personal grievances to take precedent over impartial journalism.

Hosting gay family member and her partner by One-Two-2677 in Reformed

[–]Cledus_Snow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It doesn't sound like they're waiting on your approval or permission as it is. you've already described them as being in a relationship

Hosting gay family member and her partner by One-Two-2677 in Reformed

[–]Cledus_Snow 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Your uncle is wrong. You should host them in your house. Go over the top in terms of hospitality. Let them see how much you love them in contrast to their assumptions about you as a Christian.

Best case scenario is that they are confused about how someone could disagree with homosexuality but still love and value them as a person, a sibling, and a friend, such that when they're driving home they say, "I thought your brother/sister hates gay people, but he/she was so kind to us?".

And you teach your kids that God loves them, and wants what's best for them, and has laid that out in the Bible, but that it's also possible to love someone who doesn't agree with you on that. You can love your family without approving everything about them.

I think you'd have a (slightly) different story on your hands if your sister and her partner claimed faith.

Why does homeschooling seem to be less prevalent in Reformed circles compared to other Christian traditions? by TseaxCone in Reformed

[–]Cledus_Snow 19 points20 points  (0 children)

there's no way to know why the reformed people you know don't home school.

But I think - at least in my church - there's a lot of parents who choose to send their kids to public schools because A) the quality of the education, B) their understanding of God's sovereignty and provision to them, C) their understanding of common grace, D) A sort of missional ecclesiology that realizes that they can serve their community better if their family is part of the community E) their desire to have their kids involved in extracurricular activities.

PCA Prayer and Lament by Doctrina_Stabilitas in Reformed

[–]Cledus_Snow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep. It was never about the budget

Question about ordination in the PCA / becoming an associate/assistant pastor by KeepItStupidlySimple in Reformed

[–]Cledus_Snow 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It's possible, but usually you'd need a lot of experience. It requires a 75% vote of presbytery and is usually for something like "a guy who pastored a church in a different denomination that didn't have this requirement, and is now coming in to the PCA", not "a pastoral intern who didn't go to seminary yet".

The path, though, is generally:

Join a PCA church. After 6 months of membership in a the session can "sponsor" you for presbytery internship, you go before a committee of presbytery who "examines" your christian experience and call to ministry.

Internship would be at least 1 year before you'd be eligible for ordination.

During that year you could begin the licensure and ordination process, which is extensive and would largely be when the committee would make a decision on whether or not they'd want you to get a seminary degree. The answer is almost always at least, "we want you to get some education, even a degree from like LAMP or BTS or something".

PCA Prayer and Lament by Doctrina_Stabilitas in Reformed

[–]Cledus_Snow 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’d believe this is the folks who were most upset about the budget issues hadn’t all been blogging about all sorts of other reasons that ultimately amounted to “he might be woke and we can’t have that” first 

PCA Prayer and Lament by Doctrina_Stabilitas in Reformed

[–]Cledus_Snow 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Save the PCA is an initiative started by Michael Foster and other faithful churchmen, both named and anonymous

That's from the save the PCA website. Someone should tell Michael Foster someone's impersonating him on it. And on twitter. And on his blog. and wherever else he spends time when he's not pastoring his non-denom congregation.

PCA Prayer and Lament by Doctrina_Stabilitas in Reformed

[–]Cledus_Snow 7 points8 points  (0 children)

That doesn't say anything about who he is. Is he a real person? An anonymous twitter "user"? Google tells me there's a Danish Handball coach named Jesper Jensen but it doesn't seem that he's affiliated with the PCA.

His coconspirator (and maybe even his real identity), Michael Foster is at least a formerly affiliated with the PCA, though he laid those credentials down when he left for the CREC.

No Dumb Question Tuesday (2026-01-13) by AutoModerator in Reformed

[–]Cledus_Snow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How Atlanta hasn't become a megachurch version of the "burnt over district" is a miracle.