Presbyterian and Reformed Texas

Colton Brewer and TE Graham Clark join me to discuss youth ministry and the annual North Texas Presbytery Youth Retreat called Roctober now in its ninth year.

Along with photos of our two guests, the cover art features the logo from Roctober IV that faded way too fast on the orange sherbet Comfort Colors t-shirts.

Guests:

• Colton Brewer (Youth & Family Director at Trinity Presbyterian Church Plano).
• Graham Clark (...

Meet PCA Teaching Elder Paul Miller, the Regional Director for Metanoia Prison Ministries in Texas. He has a deep desire for every incarcerated individual in Texas State and Federal prisons to hear of the glorious gospel of Christ’s saving grace. Paul believes that his life with all of its highs and lows, victories and struggles, has prepared him to minister in the very difficult environment of prisons. It has been exciting to see ...

Get to know Rev. Dr. Tyler Taber, the Pastor at Redeemer Amarillo (PCA) and learn about this branch of Christ’s Church in the Panhandle seeks to be faithful to the Scriptures, true to the Reformed faith, and obedient to the Great Commission. 

West Texas Conference on Reformed Theology 2024

When Life Throws a Curveball: The Meaning of the Book of Job with Dr. Derek W. Thomas

5 Sessions working through the Book of Job!

Sep...

Teaching Elders Mark Trigsted (Redeemer McKinney) and Matt Wood (Grace & Peace Anna) join the show to discuss evening services. The pastors share the experience at their churches and offer advice to churches considering offering them. “So my exhortation is just do it, you know, go for it.” says Pastor Wood. 

To our sister churches in the PCA and throughout NAPARC we welcome your voice and hope you will share your thoughts as we ...

Meet Yegor (Greg) Zhelezny a Russian-speaking Ukrainian now living in North Texas. Born in Kiev to parents of an atheistic-jewish background, Greg knew guilt well. Hear the testimony of God’s saving work as the Spirit led a young man to receive the gospel of grace and move to America so he could turn and reach Russians with the Gospel. Greg is a candidate for ministry in the North Texas Presbytery and member at Trinity Presbyterian...

Teaching Elder Victor Martinez serves as Redeemer San Antonio’s (PCA) Associate Pastor of Mission & Cultural Engagement.

He joins us to today to speak about missions,  mercy ministry, and the upcoming Restore 2024: MNA Mercy Conference. We pray that you consider attending the conference.

Mentioned:

• Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
• O. Palmer Robertson’s Christ of the Covenants
• Baptist University of the Amé...

Mark Becker, Ruling Elder, (Christ Church Katy, TX PCA) joins us today where he serves on the Session with Teaching Elder Fred Greco.

Mark came to Christ Church in 2013 and returned from the Beaumont area after living there for a couple of years. He is a former paper mill engineer and now on staff with the PCA’s Mission to North America Disaster Response ministry, and he helps the presbyteries in the Texas and Oklahoma areas to be b...

On Sunday evening, February 11, when most of America was settling in to watch the Super Bowl a historic evening service was taking place in Richardson Texas, in the life of the PCA, and Christ’s church. This ordination and installation service, with over 240 in attendance had prayers, the sermon text, and signing done in both English and Farsi. PCA Stated Clerk Dr. Bryan Chappell delivered the sermon. This night was unique in that ...

Kyle Oliphint (WTS '99) joins this Presbyterian and Reformed Texas episode.  Kyle is the Senior Pastor at Grace Community Presbyterian Church Fort Worth, about 15 miles north of downtown Fort Worth.  Kyle shares the story of Grace Community and his own story of coming to Christ.  We also spend some time talking about education choices for our children.  Should we as Christians home school our kids or send them to private schoo...

Joshua Torrey returns with special guest Jason Piland to discuss the latest developments within the PCA related to mandatory background checks.  Joshua and Jason co-labored to perfect overtures that will be considered by the General Assembly in 2024 requiring background checks of ordained officers. We discuss the grassroots presbyterian nature of these overtures versus a more top-down approach that will also be considered. We also ...

Sound the Machen-horn, the OPC is here!

Rev Jim Cassidy Pastor at South Austin Presbyterian Church joins us today to discuss growing biblical churches in dispensational country. In addition to serving SAPC, Jim serves as President of the Board of Directors and Teaching Fellow at Reformed Forum.

Topics covered:

• Jim’s story of how he came to the reformed faith after growing up Roman Catholic.
• What makes reformed worship different?
• The...

Mr. Moderator Returns.

Teaching Elder, Fred Greco, of Christ Church Katy, delivered a message today at RTS Dallas' 2024 Spring Luncheon Series on "The Promises and Predicaments of Presbyterianism in the Present Moment." 

He touches on three main areas:
1. Concerns about abuse.
2. Concerns about the size of the PCA as we grow.
3. Maintaining Presbyterian convictions in a changing world.<...

Man of the people, Ruling Elder, Brian Heise of Grace and Peace Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Anna, Texas joins us today.

Learn about the history of Grace and Peace PC and God’s provision for his church. We revisit his appearance on Prebsycast at the General Assembly in 2021. Brian shares his thoughts on the state of the PCA as we talk about the need for churchmen to speak to the issues of the day. We also talk about pressures from b...

It's the start of a new year.  Bible reading plans are trendy right now.  What should you expect to find as you dive into the Word of God?

Ruling Elder, Eric Wallace had the opportunity to exhort the congregation at Trinity Presbyterian Church, Plano, TX on January 2, 2022. The text of the sermon is  Luke 24:13-49 in which Jesus explains that He is the sum and substance of Holy Scripture.

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A Special Edition to end 2023, a brief episode on the "why" behind this podcast with your host Eric Wallace.

Links

• NEW: Presbyterian and Reformed Texas Podcast
• Thankful as the PCA turns 50 today

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A historic podcast with members of the Vanguard Presbyterian Church and the PCA. Ryan Denton is an open-air preacher and evangelist. He also serves as the organizing pastor of church plants in Lubbock, Midland, and coming in March 2024 San Angelo. We talk about Vanguard, church planting (especially in more blue-collar areas), the need for robust theology, and open-air preaching.

Ryan is the author of five books on evangelism as well...

Why is it good to be a member of a Presbyterian Church? Teaching Elder, Fred Greco, of Christ Church Katy, joins us today to answer that question and discuss Presbyterianism.

We walkthrough: 
1) Why be a member of a church? 
2) Brief overview of the models of church government. 
3) Why choose a presbyterian church? (particularly conservative, confessional ones in NAPARC)  
4) How to serve Jesus in your ...

Mark Trigsted, Associate Pastor at Redeemer McKinney (PCA)  joins us to talk about worship in the PCA and the recent online dustup over the Directory of Public Worship. We also talk about the Dallas Cowboys, Mark's football career, Thai food, and get a review of the Lakewood's conference that we heard about in Episode 1.

Links:

• Mark Trigsted (@MTrigsted) on Twitter/X
• Mark on Presbycast 
• Scott Edburg's tweet...

Get to know Joshua Torrey, Ruling Elder at Redeemer Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Austin, Texas. 

We talk hockey, life in Austin, spreadsheets, BCO overtures, Tex-Mex, and more!

Links:

• Redeemer Presbyterian Church (PCA), Austin, TX
• Texas Stars
• Keep Austin Weird
• Scott Edburg AKA Mr. Spreadsheet
• 2021 BCO Amendments Tracker - the original spreadsheet
• 2023 BCO Amendments Tracker
• PCA's Book of Church Order (BCO)
• Overtu...