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Kids, Porn, and the Heart
By R. Nicholas Black,Harvest USA
What many parents fail to realize is that pornography can capture the mind and heart of a teen almost instantly. And it can set the stage for years of inner turmoil.
Penn State hosts the 13th-largest international student population of any university in the United States, with more than 8,400 international students.
In June, the Supreme Courts decision in Obergefell v. Hodges legalized same-sex marriage nationally. Since then, many PCA sessions have been asking about how to respond to the new situation this decision has created.
Ambivalence toward formal church membership is increasingly common, and not without reasons.
A traditional interim is essentially pulpit supply. But an intentional interim has a ministry akin to that of John the Baptist: He prepares the way for the next pastor.
Actions of the 43rd General Assembly of the PCA
By L. Roy Taylor
What happened, who attended, and what will be remembered about this year’s General Assembly.
“Particularly for us in our denomination, we have to be able to confess our ignorance and our need for help when it comes to advancing ethnic outreach in the ministry,” said Thurman Williams. “We’re not good at it. We need to learn from people who are so that we can become good at it.”
The author of four books that are widely used among women in the church, “[Emalyn] embodied graciousness with a love that just reached out and enfolded whoever was near,” said Susan Hunt, former Director of Women’s Ministry for the PCA.
On June 10, two minority reports replaced the recommendations made by the Review of Presbytery Records Committee (RPR) and were approved by the 43rd General Assembly.
We have our disagreements, of course, but those are small compared to the things we hold in common.







