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On Nonchalance and Unconditional Election

August 24, 2017 · by Cameron Shaffer · in Uncategorized

It should be clear that if a doctrine is a) biblical, b) directly related to salvation, c) a critical and distinctive part of the Reformed Protestant tradition, and d) pastorally helpful in providing comfort for sanctification, that rejecting it is…

On Afghanistan and American Disinterest

August 22, 2017 · by Cameron Shaffer · in Uncategorized

I’m trying to avoid politics on this site as much as possible, but I can’t not mention President Trump’s address last night. He announced a new strategy for the U.S.’s war in Afghanistan that includes sending an additional 4,000 troops to the country. We have been at war in Afghanistan for nearly 16 years, and it’s not clear what we’re doing there at this point. The politics of the issue aside, what is appalling about this state of perpetual war is that no one cares. Afghanistan never came up in any of the presidential debates in 2016, and pollsters didn’t even bother to include it on the list of issues Americans may care about. For years now I have heard people fearfully discuss the prospect of the U.S. going to war as if one was not already underway.

On Smartphones and Social Media

August 14, 2017 · by Cameron Shaffer · in Uncategorized

I’m a bit late to the game in commenting on this, but the recent piece on The Atlantic on the massively negative effects of smartphones is a must-read. An excerpt.  The results could not be clearer: Teens who spend more…

On Presbyterians and Infant Dedication

August 12, 2017 · by Cameron Shaffer · in Uncategorized

David Roberston, a minister of the Free Church in Dundee, has been in the midst of a debate surrounding Presbyterians administering infant dedications. Paul Levy of East Ealing and Donald Macleod have been his most prominent interlocutors. A lot of clutter has confused the discussion, and I believe it could benefit from some clarity.  I have a lot of respect for all of the men involved in the debate, and owe a great deal of debt to the Free Church, but I believe my distance geographically and historically from British evangelicalism can provide some needed perspective…

On Nicene Orthodoxy and Marriage

August 11, 2017 · by Cameron Shaffer · in Uncategorized

Last week James K.A. Smith kicked off a discussion on the use of the term ‘orthodox’ to describe the traditional Christian position on marriage and sexuality. Wesley Hill has a decent post rounding up the relevant articles in the ongoing…

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Split from the Orthodox Presbyterian Church in 1937, one year after its founding, over the issues of abstinence from alcohol and premillennialism.

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Doctrine: Westminster Standards (Premillenial edit)

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Formed by the Scottish immigrants of the Seceder tradition in 1753, the majority merged with the Covenanters in 1782, and then as the United Presbyterian Church of North America merged with the PCUSA in 1956. The remaining Associate Presbyterians form the ARPC of today.

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