FATHERS & BROTHERS: "Delight In Christ Every Day"- Jason Helopoulos talks w/Jim McCarthy
Release Date: 11/24/2025
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OPC pastor Chris Drew is our guide as we walk through the 22nd chapter of the Westminster Confession of Faith, "Of Lawful Oaths and Vows." Watch: CHAPTER 22 Of Lawful Oaths and Vows 1. A lawful oath is a part of religious worship, wherein, upon just occasion, the person swearing solemnly calleth God to witness what he asserteth, or promiseth, and to judge him according to the truth or falsehood of what he sweareth. 2. The name of God only is that by which men ought to swear, and therein it is to be used with all holy fear and reverence. Therefore, to swear vainly, or rashly, by that glorious...
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Kristin Pickett is married to Jesse, pastor & planter of Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church in Hilliard, FL.
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Drs. D.G. Hart, R. Scott Clark, and T. David Gordon react to a 1925 letter from J. Gresham Machen to a Southern presbyterian missionary. We talked about how the correspondence shed light on Machen the man and his past, present, and future as a growing churchman, as well as pragmatism, respectability, church decline, and the temptation to compromise. See and read the letter here: Watch:
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For the 145th anniversary of Machen's birth, here's a reading, with brief comments, of Machen's 1925 letter to a southern pastor and missionary. Stay tuned for a full episode on the context and implications of this letter. Read (and see) it here:
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Jim McCarthy talks to cancer survivor Evan Gear, associate pastor at Independent Presbyterian Church in Savannah, GA. Special thanks to Nathan Clark George for our opening and closing instrumental. Nathan serves as the Pastor of Worship alongside Kevin DeYoung at Christ Covenant Church in Matthews, NC. You can access Nathan's fantastic catalog .
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PCA elders Mel, John, and Ligon Duncan, three scions of an intensely presbyterian family, join us to talk about their love for the church and each other. You'll want to hear what they have to say about the past, present, and future of the PCA. Watch:
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First-time Overtures Committee member ruling elder BL Peters joins us briefly to review day zero of the 2026 PCA General Assembly in Louisville, KY, where the committee dealt (sometimes harshly) with about half of the 91 overtures submitted this year. Enjoy the old-time technical difficulties that are always associated with GA live shows! Stay tuned for more wrap-up shows this week. Watch:
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We celebrate 90 years of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church with pastor Chris Drew and ruling elder D.G. Hart, review the just-completed OPC General Assembly, and talk about 10 years of Presbycast with these men, two of our most prolific guests. A good and ecumenical time was had by all, most of the time. Watch:
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Ruling elder Mel Duncan is the church administrator at Second Presbyterian Church in Greenville, SC. He has served his church, presbytery, and the Presbyterian Church in America for decades and comes from a notable family of "intense presbyterian" churchmen. Be sure to register for Greenville Seminary's GA lunch on Wednesday June 24th . Special thanks to Nathan Clark George for our opening and closing instrumental. Nathan serves as the Pastor of Worship alongside Kevin DeYoung at Christ Covenant Church in Matthews, NC. You can access Nathan's fantastic catalog .
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ARP pastor Ben Glaser and PCA pastor DeMyron Haynes join us to talk about the draft report on kinism and race realism prepared for the upcoming Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church synod. Watch: Report:
info_outlineJason Helopoulos has been a minister of the gospel for nearly 20 years and is the Senior Pastor of University Reformed Church in East Lansing, Michigan. He also serves on the Executive Council of the Gospel Reformation Network. You can listen to his sermons here. Jason is also a prolific author. Check out his books here and his contributions to Tabletalk Magazine, and his posts on The Gospel Coalition. While you’re at it, stop by his wife Leah’s Etsy Shop.
(link to Paton autobiography: https://www.amazon.com/John-G-Paton-Autobiography-Missionary/dp/1800404506/ )
Also be sure to register for Greenville Seminary’s Spring Conference, The Church: The Bride of Christ.
Special thanks to Nathan Clark George for our opening and closing instrumental. Nathan serves as the Pastor of Worship alongside Kevin DeYoung at Christ Covenant Church in Matthews, NC. You can access Nathan's fantastic catalog here.