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Summer 2024

Volume 30, Number 3 · Five articles

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  1. The Foundation of Our Calling Richard Burnett
  2. Preparing to Vote on the Amendments Jerry Andrews
  3. Shall God Alone Remain Lord of the Conscience? James C. Goodloe
  4. What Happened at GA226: Where Will the Boundaries Be? Sara Jane Nixon
  5. Keeping Our Vows: A Pledge of Presbyterian Officers The Board of Theology Matters

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In this issue

  1. Discipleship

    The Foundation of Our Calling

    Burnett opens Ephesians 1 and finds Paul piling blessing on blessing: chosen before the foundation of the world, predestined in love, sealed for an inheritance. The piece sits with the dizzying generosity of Paul's grammar and asks what it means that our calling is grounded that deep.

    Richard Burnett13 min read

  2. Church and Culture

    Preparing to Vote on the Amendments

    Two PCUSA amendments are heading to presbyteries for ratification, and Andrews lays out exactly what they say, what they don't say, and what's at stake. Drawing on his father's prayer that he be wise as a serpent and innocent as a dove, he urges presbyters to be both.

    Jerry Andrews20 min read

  3. Church and Culture

    Shall God Alone Remain Lord of the Conscience?

    The Westminster Confession is unambiguous: God alone is Lord of the conscience. Goodloe shows how the Olympia Presbytery's overture to the 2024 General Assembly threatens that bedrock principle, and why every Presbyterian, whatever their view on the underlying issues, has reason to defend it.

    James C. Goodloe7 min read

  4. Church and Culture

    What Happened at GA226: Where Will the Boundaries Be?

    Nixon walks through what actually happened with POL-01 (the Olympia Overture) at the 2024 General Assembly, why the split-vote outcome is more ambiguous than either side claims, and what congregations and sessions need to think about as the amendments now move to the presbyteries.

    Sara Jane Nixon9 min read

  5. Church and Culture

    Keeping Our Vows: A Pledge of Presbyterian Officers

    Theology Matters joins a public pledge for Presbyterian officers facing an overture that would compel them to affirm what they do not believe. Reading like an open letter, the piece calls clergy and elders alike to stand on the historic doctrines of creation and redemption rather than yield.

    The Board of Theology Matters8 min read
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