Between mid-November and mid-December, PCA teaching elders Tullian Tchividian and Rick Phillips engaged in an exchange of blog posts on the question “Are Christians Totally Depraved?” We have provided links to their post, along with a link to a post written by teaching elder Ligon Duncan in response to their exchange. While all comments are invited and encouraged we’d especially be interested in your response to these questions: (1) Did this public interaction bring greater clarity about the topic under debate? (2) Are online exchanges like this a useful forum for theological reflection?

Scotty Smith asks, “How can we do church discipline differently?” In this article, he suggests signposts in the parable of the prodigal son to a “ more gospel-centered approach to church discipline.” What do you think?

As part of its “Debatable” feature, which breifly summarizes debate within the evangelical community, the Gospel Coalition offered three different responses to the Louie-Giglio-inaugural-benediction incident. We’d be interested in hearing what you think.

Earlier this year, TE Sam DeSocio posted a thought provoking blog on the Vintage73 site entitled “Could a Split Be Good for the PCA?” We call it “thought provoking” because it has drawn over 60 comments to date on that site, and ranked #1  on the list of “Top Ten New Articles” on the January 15…

The facts are well known: the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) requires employers to provide insurance for their employees. As part of the mandated health coverage, businesses must include contraceptives and abortifacient drugs in their insurance plans. Hobby Lobby, owned by the Green family (strong Christians and generous philanthropists), is refusing to…

The so-called “fiscal cliff” bill signed by President Obama didn’t fully please either political party, but it did contain great news for the adoption community . . .

The percentage of Americans who believe homosexuality is a sin has decreased significantly in a year, according to a survey by LifeWay Research.

Faith and religion—primarily Catholicism—remain strong influences on millions of Hispanics, but they are a group in transition. This is true of Hispanics even more so than other Americans. Some of these dimensions of transition include Hispanics’ willingness to change denominations or faiths, their transitory connections with congregations and the softening allegiance of Millennials to Catholic…

Many academics and literary critics in Tolkien’s day—and many still today—dismissed Tolkien’s tales as “mere” children’s literature not worthy of serious academic consideration . . . One year after publishing The Hobbit, Tolkien presented a lecture (on March 8, 1939) at the University of St. Andrews on the subject of fairy tales.

A hardened ex-convict has just robbed a bishop — the only person who had been kind to him. He’s promptly caught and dragged back to the scene of the crime to face his punishment. Instead, he receives undreamed-of mercy.