Lots on here about women in PCA churches usurping men’s roles. Here’s my pastoral advice: Sessions would do well to hear the godly women in the church, and to cultivate their gifts in alignment with our polity for the edification of the body. To the degree that this is the intent

Anti-institutional attitudes take many, many forms, but the roots are the same. Social media is a perpetual populism machine.

Co-sign.

It is the counterfeit social and relational use of AI that are both the most spiritually (de)formative and acutely harmful to users. Any “benefit” or “service” is all profit-motivated spin. After 15 yrs of algorithmic abuse, OpenAI + Sam Altman are fully aware. They don’t care.

This is a better alternative to the fear-mongering and engagement farming that cannibalizes denominations.

I spent all day yesterday talking to other pastors & leaders in the PCA about this exact dynamic. I cannot stress enough how important it is to see how social media bypasses gatekeepers and rewires institutional incentives from the inside-out. #pcaga

If Jesus will build his church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it, then neither will the vain efforts of conflict entrepreneurs and influence chasers.

I'm so tired of all the evangelical "gotcha" posts. Pick up a phone; have a conversation. Talk it out. We are better than this. Let's demonstrate a charity towards one another as we strive for the things of Christ together. There is a better way.

"Christians should never seek a middle ground for its own sake, but should take positions that do justice to the Biblical teaching, regardless of whether the world sees you—in its categories—as an extremist or a moderate.” Who said it?

This is EXTREMELY worth your time.

If you thought we were in the midst of a meaning crisis now…? wow. The Digital Gnosticism fueling AI’s development is based on a fictional anthropology. If Elon Musk’s prediction comes to pass, it will be existentially devastating for human beings.

“The knight is…not a compromise or happy mean between ferocity and meekness; he is fierce to the nth and meek to the nth.” - C.S. Lewis, The Necessity of Chivalry

If you want a meaningful audience, you need to be on YouTube. If you want a committed audience, you need to be on Substack. If you want to make institutional change, you need to be working with an institution, not being a lone wolf and not trying to burn them down.

Wow. The reactions to Trueman’s article are truly remarkable. As my grandfather said, “If you throw a rock into a pack of dogs, the one that yelped got hit.” Normally you have to offend the Left to hear this much complaining about “gatekeeping.” #horseshoetheory

A helpful reminder for those who belong to a presbyterian denomination (or aspire to), our Standards include WLCQ #145: Q: What are the sins forbidden in the ninth commandment? (Emphases added below) A: The sins forbidden in the ninth commandment are, all prejudicing the truth,