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“Our disciplines do not make us acceptable to God because they are never long enough, deep enough, or frequent enough. ‘Enough’ isn’t a measure that works for an infinitely holy God.”

“Christ’s grace does not wait until the last chapters of Matthew to make its appearance.” Rather, it is “the dawning light increasing throughout Scripture toward the day of the Savior.”

Arguing over controversial issues in new media exposes and amplifies what may be the greatest difficulty facing Christians in this phase of American cultural conflict: loving each other.

The story of racial injustice in our country’s past continues to shape our present. I think our elders feel and know this to be the case as well for our denomination.

Within a few years there will be no ethnic majority in North America. Already some metropolitan areas are “majority minority.” How can we regard that as a Gospel opportunity?

In June, the Supreme Court’s 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.

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.