On September 18, 2010, Beverly Heights celebrated twenty-five years of Pastor Rick and Mary Wolling’s ministry, and Rick asked that the weekend be about God’s faithfulness rather than his own. To close the evening, Dr. John Frame came home.

Frame grew up at Beverly Heights from 1945 to 1967. He heard the gospel through its youth program and choir, came to trust in Christ, and served as occasional organist, Bible teacher, and youth ministry intern before teaching a generation of pastors at Westminster Theological Seminary and Reformed Theological Seminary. That night he remembered the Sunday school teachers who sowed seeds in a kid who didn’t care, and the long trail of faithful people who kept the gospel here. When he left in 1967, he feared Beverly Heights would go the way of other evangelical churches in the PC(USA). “I prayed that it wouldn’t happen here,” he said, “and it didn’t.” Then he preached 1 Corinthians 1:9: “God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.”

Pastor Nate Devlin, then associate pastor, introduces Dr. Frame. This recording comes from our archive.

Mentioned in this episode:
1 Corinthians 1:4–9
Isaiah 52:7
John M. Frame, John Frame’s Selected Shorter Writings, Volume 1 (P&R Publishing, 2014), chapter 37, “1 Corinthians 1:9: Remarks at Beverly Heights”
Further reading: John M. Frame, Theology of My Life (Cascade Books, 2017), pages 77–79

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Doug Wilson is kinda cool. He knows what it’s like to be the most conservative kid at camp and he’s okay with it. He also knows when it’s time to shout at culture, and when it’s time to whisper. Which is a nifty gift. Oh, and he doesn’t love paying taxes. Which means he’s definitely human, and most likely a Christian. He also has no qualms with R.C. Sproul. So, like we said: he's kinda cool.

As our congregation seeks to join the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches (CREC), Pastor Nate, Pastor Peter, and Pastor Kyle chatted with Doug about all the “scaries” of CREC. Does vitriol have to drip from our lip and obscenity seethe from our teeth? Are women allowed own Bibles and cast votes? Should lesbians and liberals be teaching our kids? Listen, and get your answers.

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What's the nature of a witch? To take that which she cannot have and prevent creatures from becoming who they were meant to be.

An indispensable moral lesson drawn from the fairy tale of Jorinda and Jorindel in The Brothers Grimm that can be applied to our zeitgeist.

Helen Andrews believes culture's been feminized. Now what? What do we do about it? Should we seek to recapture institutions or just create new ones?

Speaking of institutions, isn't the Church inherently feminine? Would that mean we should attempt to make it more "masculine?"

Is every man qualified to be a leader? Should women be leaders? What ever happened to the term "actress?"

In this second installment of "The Great Feminization," Pastor Nate, Pastor Peter, and Pastor Kyle dive deeper into Andrews' thesis.

What theological, pastoral, and civil implications does Andrews' thesis have? Which should we accept, and which should we reject?

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For background reading and viewing, Andrews’ article, “The Great Feminization," and her interview referenced in the podcast are linked below.

Helen Andrews, "The Great Feminization:" https://www.compactmag.com/article/the-great-feminization/

Helen Andrews, "Overcoming the Feminization of Culture:" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWLbq7PlrIA

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