Remembering John Calvin Grier It was late Monday morning, July 7, and I had been out to an appointment. When I got home, the phone was ringing. The voice on the phone said, “Chuck, John Calvin is dead; he died…

I was late getting home, and I was hungry. When I walked in the house, in the living room, parked around the television, were my five teenage children, my mother, my wife, and our dog, Rennie. I went into the…

I like tub baths better than showers. One of the great pleasures of life is a long, soaking, hot tub bath on a wintery day. It’s almost as good as a Miami vacation – but not as expensive! Well, if…

Christmas is a time for music. As I was thumbing through the hymnbook for Sunday’s hymns, I was struck once again that so many of the “great” Christmas hymns are in the minor key. “Joy to the World!” is an…

In the last issue of ARPTalk, I said Chuck Wilson, the Reprobate and Heretic, may his name be cursed by all ARPs, was wrong. Well, yes, he was, but he was also right. Wilson miscalculated the actions of the Executive…

Chuck Wilson was WRONG! Can you believe it? Chuck Wilson was wrong! And he’s willing to admit it! In the last issue of ARPTalk (Eller’s Complaint Before the Privy Council of the Hierophants), Chuck Wilson, the Reprobate and Heretic, may…

Click to read the original Complaint as written by Dan Ellers The moderator of the ARPChurch, Alan Broyles (compliant tool of Pope Kyle Sims, His Fatness, blessed be his name forever, and Patrick Malphrus (the pope’s lapdog) has called for…

PDF of the Worship for Lower Long Cane Presbyterian Church Homecoming 2024   Last Sunday (September 15, 2024) was Homecoming at the Lower Long Cane Presbyterian Church. Organized in 1771 as an Associate congregation, (1) we celebrated the 253rd year…

[Read and view the following before reading ARPTalk (185): “Questions Answered Regarding ARP Seceders” and paying close attention to the video of Andy Putnam speaking at General Synod. ] Click to hear Andy Putnam Lie on the Floor of Synod…

Well, maybe not! In the goings-on around the ARPChurch, we are too old to rumble. About all most of us can do is wobble. However, if we were a Friday Night SmackDown event, I would introduce the participants in this…

Two “called” meetings of Second Presbytery, ARP, took place on Tuesday (August 12) at the Due West ARP Church, Due West, South Carolina. Yes, I said there were TWO called meetings. They occurred back-to-back. The first was CHAOS. The second…

The article below is co-authored by Drs. John Cook and R. J. Gore and was read before the meeting of Second Presbytery by Dr. Cook last Friday (August 16) at the Due West ARP Church, Due West, SC. The article…

The article below first appeared in The Aquilia Report (https://theaquilareport.com/constitutional-crisis-in-the-arp-church-what-is-the-point-of-a-complaint/). As reported by Seth Yi, his article, on the meeting of the Executive Board, reflects the attitude of the ecclesiocrats of the ARPChurch: MACHTPOLITIK. This attitude was clearly expressed by…

The article below appeared in The Post and Courier on July 30, 2024. For those who live in the Upstate or who live in other states and are unfamiliar with South Carolina newspapers, The Post and Courier is the Charleston…

The article below originally appeared in The Aquila Report. The author is Rev. Seth Yi, pastor of the Newberry ARP Church, Newberry, SC. The article is a bit long; however, it is worth reading. Click to read the whole article…

On June 4, 2024 (ARPTalk(173): “How to Throw Away a Million Dollars”), Million Dollars”), via an article in The State Newspaper, the editor of ARPTalk reported (1) that the Erskine board, on August 1, 2021, voted to make an unsecured…

On July 5th and 8th, two COMPLAINTS were filed with the Executive Board regarding actions taken against Second Presbytery at the June meeting of General Synod. With regard to the first COMPLAINT, Rev. Anthony Locke argues two points. ECCLESIASTICALLY: there…

Everybody said my Grandma Katie was different, and they were right. She wasn’t unique; she was sui generis (and I hope you caught what I did!). When a boy, many of my relatives said, “I declare, Charles, you’re just like…

The Court of Thieves on Display. Can you find those who are not thieves? Breaking from tradition, I have been told delegates did not sing Psalm 133 (No. 280 in the Bible Songs: “Christian Unity”). Instead, with hearty voices, the…

Follow the Money At sixteen, I was chosen out of my Civics class to spend a day with a councilman on the Winter Haven, Florida, City Council. I attended a council meeting and was the councilman’s guest for a very…

In the memorable words of Forrest Gump, “Stupid is as stupid does!” The action by the Erskine Board on August 1, 2021, has to be the Home Run of stupid things done at Erskine. In the name of education and…

According to the “Statistical Report” (pp. 164-193), in the 2023 Minutes of the General Synod, the health of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (ARPChurch) is in freefall. Warning lights are flashing and storm flags are flying. Does anyone care? It…

When I was a boy, I fished a lot with Daddy in the lakes of Central Florida. This wasn’t sport fishing. Daddy fished for food: bass, crappie, bluegill, warmouth, sunfish, catfish, and, occasionally, he brought home a soft-shell turtle or…

Dear Chuck, You have been an ARP for more than twice as long as I have, so I write you with you a question. I was struck this afternoon by the apparently-terrifying fear of sunlight shown by the Executive Board…

Dear Chuck, You have been an ARP for more than twice as long as I have, so I write you with you a question. I was struck this afternoon by the apparently-terrifying fear of sunlight shown by the Executive Board…