John Smithbaker knows firsthand the devastating effects of fatherlessness on a young boy. He also understands today’s societal blight of millions of children growing up without fathers.

On Veterans Day, I remember. I remember Carl and his young teenage bride, Diane, and her pain.

On Oct. 28, Marvin Padgett was selected to serve as the second executive director of Great Commission Publications.

Identical overtures requested the General Assembly to assume original jurisdiction over teaching elder Peter Leithart.

Reformation Sunday is upon us. If we were to boil the turmoil of those times down to one issue, it would be the authority of the Bible.

The PCA held its first General Assembly (as the National Presbyterian Church) December 4-7, 1973. But one of the presbyteries that made up the new denomination had been organized since February 13 of that year. On October 15 Warrior Presbytery celebrated its unique place in the history of the PCA.

From the “Radio Bible Study Hour” to “Changed Lives,” against the turbulent backdrop of Woodstock, assassinations, “God is dead” movements, campus protests, and Watergate, his familiar voice and image on Sunday nights across America became the soundtrack and video for collective generations. He was a minister in the Presbyterian Church in America. Yet most in…

Haden — who didn’t want to wait until death to experience abundant life — passed away early Thursday morning, Oct. 24.

(From the Times Free Press) — Ben Haden, longtime pastor of First Presbyterian Church, died today at the age of 88. The law school graduate, Central Intelligence Agency security operative and newspaper executive served the church from 1967 to 1999. Haden also was the founder and speaker on the Chattanooga-based “Changed Lives” ministry, which broadcast…

Every year, men complete their seminary training and embark upon what they expect to be a lifetime of ministry in the church.