by Andy Patton | Feb 11, 2026 | Pinned Post, Women in Ministry
In my previous article, I offered an annotated resource list to help pastors and sessions think more carefully about women’s participation in the ministry of the church. What follows gathers ten biblical considerations that are often overlooked when discussion narrows...
by Andy Patton | Feb 6, 2026 | Culture
Every Sunday morning, just before church begins, millions of people receive a quiet notification on their phones: “Your screen time was up 18% this week.” It’s a simple report, but it feels like a verdict. Without realizing it, our habits, desires, and imaginations...
by Andy Patton | Jan 29, 2026 | Women in Ministry
For much of my life, I assumed I already knew what Scripture said about women’s participation in ministry. Like many pastors formed within the PCA, I inherited settled conclusions early on. I learned the familiar passages, absorbed the standard arguments, and moved...
by Andy Patton | Jan 23, 2026 | Culture
Technology now shapes nearly every square inch of modern life—how we work, how we think, how we relate to one another, and how we raise our children. And yet, for all its power and pervasiveness, Christians often find themselves navigating the digital world with more...
by Andy Patton | Jan 16, 2026 | PCA
In this conversation, Derek Radney (Trinity Church PCA, Winston-Salem) sits down with Rev. Charles McGowan—AMR advisory board member, PCA pastor emeritus, former Moderator of the PCA General Assembly (1996), and founder of the McGowan Global Institute—to hear a...
