To My Fathers and Brothers: A Plea from Your Sister
A letter from a sister in the pew to the PCA shepherds as they deal with serious issues at General Assembly.

Your leadership allows me the time to carry out my own responsibilities. I have been tasked with raising children in the fear and admonition of the Lord, which Charles Spurgeon famously said is as much serving God as if I had been called to lead an army into battle for the Lord of hosts. My children stand before a monstrous tidal wave of cultural evils. Some pastors seem content to offer them water wings. I know the Christian life is not full of butterflies and sparkly unicorns. People within our churches are not always peaches either. Like my other sisters in the trenches, I need substantial and considerable ammunition against the devil’s snares. I need companionship and support as I attempt to raise godly children. I need my elders for biblical encouragement and sure footing as I navigate this precarious responsibility of parenting. I do not care what you feel, or how I feel, or about feelings in general. I care what you think. I need to know what you believe. I need clarity. I need conviction. I need truth. My children need solid doctrine to weather the ever-changing landscape of spiritual warfare. Do not send us to do battle with pea shooters. I want a cannon.

I need men who unabashedly profess the whole doctrine of God, all of Scripture, who are not ashamed of its direct language. I need pastors who exegete these difficult and sometimes uncomfortable passages, who explain the entirety of God’s Word plainly to me and to my children without embarrassment. I need in my pastors’ examples of personal piety; men who do not shy away from words like purity or are bashful about devoutness. I need pastors who pursue holiness, not charisma. In short, I desperately need Jesus.

Brothers, please, give me Jesus.

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