tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934298301663499561.post4307958159573292957..comments2023-05-07T09:56:23.909-04:00Comments on The Christian Curmudgeon: Maybe It's Better for the PCA To Be UnsavedAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07146011447109951026noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934298301663499561.post-57935644008733667402013-09-25T21:46:41.249-04:002013-09-25T21:46:41.249-04:00Thanks Bill. I too am very happy to watch things g...Thanks Bill. I too am very happy to watch things go down to the point of reversal which, as in politics, tends toward a reformation to the root rather than a "revival". As a former 12 year PCA deacon I appreciate your filling in the blanks with regard to the beginnings of the denom and also the coalescing of Dr Smith's earth age position onto a not-so-old school pole star. Very helpful.Todd Mahaffeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14723827618318244615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934298301663499561.post-18841795944826633322013-05-14T15:34:40.720-04:002013-05-14T15:34:40.720-04:00Great word, Bill (as usual). I'm now part of t...Great word, Bill (as usual). I'm now part of the older generation but from the RPCES side of the PCA. I believe we, in the RPCES, had gone through the identity crisis the PCA continues to go through. At one time we were the young bucks of the "Schaeffer generation" and I believe brought new perspectives to a reforming fundamentalist presbyterian church. When I was part of the J&R in the 80's it was clear to me that the PCA had a "southern" way of governance and was just as you described theologically. But the RPCES did the right thing an affirmed the unity of Christ's body because there was far more that united us than divided us. These are growing pains for the PCA so I encourage Mr. Baker and others to believe that Jesus will build his church--but it takes time.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07034094907469866956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934298301663499561.post-55627512890361323262013-05-07T09:35:10.413-04:002013-05-07T09:35:10.413-04:00As a young TE in the Pittsburgh Presbytery who can...As a young TE in the Pittsburgh Presbytery who can barely tell which school or side he fits in, I appreciate you analysis. <br /><br />A funny side note, an 89 year old congregant asked us to "sing the old hymns" and I looked, they were all from the late 19th century and I thought, "not old enough." I guess that's what happens when you grow up in the contemporary evangelicalism and go to seminary with the Covenanters. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com