Times of disruption and seasons of change are hard to manage. Our resting state prefers stability and so we dislike disruption. But sometimes disruption creates unique opportunities for innovation, as Clayton Christensen described in his celebrated theory on Disruptive Innovation. Other times disruption creates opportunities to take stock, reflect, and return to the fundamentals. That’s what Coach Vice Lombardi did when the Green Bay Packers lost to the Ph...

In this Special Edition of the Parrhesian Podcast, Nate, Peter and Kyle discuss the POA’s report on the Theopolis Institute and Dr. Peter Leithart.Your link to the report: https://theparrhesians.com/2024/05/30/the-theopolis-report/https://theparrhesians.com/

Rev. Eric Phillips is the pastor of Mt. Carmel Presbyterian Church and long-time friend and colleague of Nate Devlin. Pastor Eric is finishing his Doctor of Ministry degree at Covenant Seminary in St. Loiuse, MO. His area of research is on pastoral leadership and in this Special Edition of the Parrhesian Podcast, Eric interviews Nate on the subject of conflict in the church. Join Nate and Eric and find out why it is important to engage the conflict faithfully and courageously.https://theparrh...

Is the church essential or non-essential? Does the Bible really teach that the church should occupy a place of primacy in our lives? Is the church really fundamental to our Christian identity or is it really just supplemental? In 2020 the Covid-19 pandemic caused society to shut down. And when society shut down, questions arose about what institutions in our culture were actually essential and which were non-essential. Many states in our country determined ...

The Evangelical Presbyterian Church recently released a document entitled “A Pastoral Letter of Racial Lament and Hope.” The paper is a pastoral word to the denomination regarding racism and the EPC’s response to this very real and serious problem. The paper was disseminated to churches in the EPC for review as well as response. The Stated Clerk of the EPC offered comments about the paper here. Peter Chace, Kyle Bennett, and Nate Devlin all read the paper and found it ...

Your system is perfectly designed to get you the results you are currently getting. As Christians, we are called to think Christianly, but every once in a while Christians should think a little bigger, especially about the systems that we create or the conditions in which we live. The world is full of unspoken and unseen systems that help govern the world and our lives. As Christians, what do we think about the system around us, such as education or human sexuality? W...

Being a Christian in our world today is hard. It is made all the more difficult when Christians fail to think in a distinctly Christian way. Join Peter, Kyle, and Nate as they discuss Harry Blamires book The Christian Mind, what it means to think Christianly, and why Christian thinking is so important. https://theparrhesians.com/

In this Special Edition of the Parrhesian Podcast, Nate, Peter and Kyle discuss a recent article in Christianity Today entitled Above Reproach? Fewer Americans See Pastors as Ethical and the erosion of pastoral confidence in the culture.https://theparrhesians.com/

Kyle, Peter and Nate have a few thoughts about the coup document below:God’s plan for the congregation to take back Beverly Heights EPCWe the congregation of Beverly Heights EPC have become aware of a plan by our current pastor, Nate Devlin, and a small group of leadership including the elders, to move our church alliance from the Evangelical Presbyterian Church to another denomination/ group called Theopolis. While the basic teachings of this group seem solid, there are other teachings that ...

Kyle, Peter and Nate finally explain what Parrhesia is and why it matters today.https://theparrhesians.com/