PCA News and Updates

TE David E. Longacre, has edited The Homosexual Debate and the Church: A Collection of Essays, the first in a proposed series to be published by HARVEST USA. The series will address the many facets of ministry involving the issue of homosexuality from dealing with pro-gay theology to doing direct ministry with those who struggle with same-sex attraction. This volume addresses the fundamental distortions of biblical truth in pro-gay theology and summarizes basic issues in addressing the homosexual community. Other PCA members contributing to this volume: John Freeman, Mark Hartzell, David Rowe and Tim Geiger. To order, go to http://www.ledgepress.com/mod.php?mod=publisher&menu=&op=publications?menu=08&publication=5  



TE Edmund P. Clowney, How Jesus Transforms the Ten Commandments, edited by Dr. Clowney’s daughter Rebecca Jones. This book explains how Jesus intensifies the law and expands its scope to every situation in life, and also finding Christ in the law, showing how he fulfills it for his people. Believers will learn about God’s character revealed in the law and also of the gospel with its focus on Christ. To order, go to http://prpbooks.com/inventory.html?target=indiv_title&id=1088  

TE Dennis E. Johnson, Academic Dean and Professor of Practical Theology at Westminster Seminary in California, has written Him We Proclaim: Preaching Christ from All the Scriptures. This book makes the case for a return to the hermeneutical and historical preaching of the apostles, preaching that is Christ-centered, redemptive-historical, missiological, and grounded in grace. It also provides examples of how this method applies to all Old and New Testament passages, from history and law to psalm and prophecy to doctrine and exhortation. To order, go to http://prpbooks.com/inventory.html?target=indiv_title&id=1089  



Join Choir Tour of Ukraine

TE Larry Roff, PCA pastor, General Assembly organist, and Trinity Hymnal editor, will be leading a choir tour on a musical mission trip to Ukraine, June, 13 – 24, 2008, to include concerts in Kiev, Odessa, Rivne, Lviv, and Belgorod-Dnistrovsky. This will be in conjunction with MTW missionaries serving there. Based on preliminary interest, he anticipates a choir of 60 – 80. Local Ukrainian Presbyterian congregations in these cities will help promote the concerts and will provide follow-up ministry for those drawn to Christ through the music. Total cost will be approximately $2300 from Atlanta. For more information or to register, contact TE Roff at PresRevRoff@aol.com or 561-582-5686.

Microfinance and Microenterprise Training

The “Principles and Practices of Christian Microfinance and Microenterprise Development” is a course conducted by the Chalmers Center of Covenant College, that provides an overview to microenterprise development and microfinance and will guide participants to design a holistic approach in this ministry. The next email-based distance course will be offered on Sept. 28 – Nov. 16, 2007. The prerequisite for the course is “Foundations and Principles of Holistic Ministry,” which will be offered on Aug. 20 – Sept. 15, 2007. To register or to learn about group or Two-Thirds World discounts, go to http://www.chalmers.org.  Use Reference Identifier BFO-05/07.



Short-Term Missions Without Long-Term Harm

The Chalmers Center of Covenant College will be conducting an email-based distance learning course called “How to Do Short-term Missions Without Doing Long-term Harm,” on Oct. 29 – Nov. 16, 2007 and again on March 10 – March 28, 2008. This course is designed for: 1) sending churches and denominations, 2) host churches and missionaries, 3) missions project leaders, and 4) missions team members. It provides an understanding of the issues surrounding the execution of short-term missions in the context of the socio-economic poor, and presents frameworks for considering these issues so that you can maximize the benefits and minimize potential harm from your missions projects. To register or to learn about group or Two-Thirds World discounts, go to, http://www.chalmers.org.  Use Reference Identifier BFO-05/07.

Called Home to Glory

TE Leon Wardell, 83, a honorably retirement member of James River Presbytery, was called home to glory on April, 17, 2007.



Tabletalk 30th Anniversary Issue, May 2007

The May 2007 issue of Tabletalk magazine celebrates the thirtieth anniversary of the daily devotional. Contributors including Burk Parsons, R.C. Sproul Jr., the Tabletalk staff, Tim Dick, and R.C. Sproul explain the history and purpose of the magazine and give a glimpse of the impact of Ligonier Ministries upon the world of the twenty-first century. Tabletalk also features daily, in-depth Bible studies with featured columns by Warren Gage and Derek Thomas. For more information or to receive a free sample copy, go to http://www.ligonier.org or call 1-800-435-4343.



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