The Parrhesians
The Greek word is parrhesia" means “forthright truth-telling.” One who speaks with parrhesia doesn’t flatter, manipulate, or use rhetorical tricks. He doesn’t massage or bend the truth, and he doesn’t hedge. He’s confident truth is on his side, and he takes moral responsibility for speaking it. Join Kyle Bennett, Peter Chace and Nate Devlin as they offer bold truth and discuss how to be the church in a world possessed by lies.
Episodes
27 episodes
Overseeing Souls in Negative World: An Interview with Joe Rigney on Eldership
Three rogue elders walk into a Session meeting and slap a folder down. “We have concerns.” They leave it to Session to deal with it. Time passes, and they grow impatient. They escalate their “concerns” to a higher authority and call...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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1:21:55
Membership in Negative World
You can’t claim to be a Christian if you don't go to church. Likewise, you can't claim to be a member of Christ's Body if you don't read your Bible. Just call yourself a "pagan," have a coke, and smile. In this episode, Peter, Pasto...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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1:32:51
Special Edition VII - The Finale Part 2
It's been 18 months since the Presbytery of the Alleghenies formed an Administrative Commission to "help" our church secure the peace, unity, and purity of the congregation. But instead of help, our congregation experienced conflict, lawf...
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1:17:01
Special Edition VII - The Finale Part 1
It's been 18 months since the Presbytery of the Alleghenies formed an Administrative Commission to "help" our church secure the peace, unity, and purity of the congregation. But instead of help, our congregation experienced conflict, lawf...
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1:15:08
Resisting Tyranny
In this special edition of the Parhessian Podcast, Peter, Kyle, and Nate take on the mantle of The Layman as they discuss the recent Presbytery of the A...
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Season 1
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1:26:18
Conformation
Baptizing babies in the church always leads to the necessity for confirmation. Confirmation is a process by which young men and women learn what it means to be a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ and what it means to be a member of the ch...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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1:18:30
Infant Baptism and American Revival
In this episode of The Parrhedsian Podcast, Peter, Kyle and Nate discuss how a return to the practice of infant baptism may actually be the key to Christian revival, not only in America, but also in the church and in the home. ...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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56:59
Practice
As Coach Herm Edwards once said (famously)...“You play to win the game.” But you can’t win the game (with all due respect to Allen Iverson) if you don’t practice. Practice is important, it’s important for sports, it’s importa...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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47:47
The Sin of Sameness
When it comes to the church today there is too much sameness. Sameness is a real problem. But what does that mean? What is too much sameness? First, we need to clarify that sameness is not the same as conformity. C...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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1:37:03
Freedom
We just recently celebrated the 4th of July, and our country finds itself in an election year where everyone seems to be saying that the fate of democracy is on the line. What better time to think Christianly about the subject of freedom. What ...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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1:12:05
Back to Basics
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 ...
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53:47
The Theopolis Report
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:
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Season 1
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1:33:14
Church Conflict with Special Guest Eric Phillips
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 past...
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1:36:10
The Essential Church
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? ...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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43:30
Racism and the EPC
The Evangelical Presbyterian Church recently released a document entitled “A Pastoral Letter of Racial Lament and Hope.” The pap...
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1:41:47
The System Is Down
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 ...
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54:55
Thinking Christianly
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
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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35:22
What is Parrehsia?
Kyle, Peter and Nate finally explain what Parrhesia is and why it matters today.
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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13:50
Passing it On
Kyle Peter and Nate discuss what it means to pass on the faith to the next generation.
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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47:25
The Coup Document
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, ...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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51:05
What is a Pastor?
In this Special Edition of the Parrhesian Podcast, Nate, Peter and Kyle discuss a recent article in Christianity Today entitled
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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53:56
What Is the Point of My Salvation?
“People's lives come to ruin not because they pursue intrinsically evil states, but because they prize lower goods to the neglect of higher goods.” Byron I. Bitar, Classical Christian Worldview: Ethics Wo...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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53:12
How Will it End?
If evil pervades the church, you should not shrink back from breaking with the church organization, and you should not rest until Zion is revived. ~ Abraham Kuyper (1883) In this Special Edition, episode 3 of the Par...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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