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Polity Matters — 143 episodes

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141. Nostalgic in the Least (BCO 63)

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140. Very Opposites (BCO 62)

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139. Scott, Take Care of It (BCO 61)

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138. It’s Probably Our Fault (BCO 60)

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137. Box of Chocolates Effect (GA Debrief)

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136. Christian Nationalism with David Strain

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135. AI AIC?

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134. Nacho Libre Style (BCO 59)

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133. One Big Beautiful Directory

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132. Overtures 2026

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131. Dinner Call (BCO 58 Part Two)

12

130. OPE (BCO 58 Part One)

13

129. This is a Very Good Vow (BCO 57 Part Two)

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128. The Water Must Be Wetted (BCO 57 Part One)

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127. Biblical and Adorable (BCO 56 Part Two)

16

126. Celsius Shaped Hole (BCO 56 Part One)

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125. Baptists Maybe (BCO 55)

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124. Pearls of Wisdom From Rick Warren (BCO 54)

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123. Loose Extemporary Harangues (BCO 53)

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122. Polity Nerds Stick Together

21

121. Put the Cookies on the Bottom Shelf (BCO 52)

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120. In the Shower or at Church (BCO 51)

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119. Lead My Sheep

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118. In Your Vulgar Tongue (BCO 50)

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117. They May Have a Crock Pot On (BCO 49)

26

116. I Like Pulpits Too (BCO 48)

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115. Worship Vibes (BCO 47)

28

114. Temporary Episode

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113. Worship in the EPC

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112. Worship in the OPC with Jonathan Cruse

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111. Directories and the ARP

32

110. Clarity is Part of Our Job

33

109. Women in the PCA

34

108. Instead of Ben a Loud Italian

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107. Welcome Per Almquist

36

106. Just Let Them Go (BCO 46)

37

105. Rise Out of the Taco Sauce (BCO 45)

38

104. Officer Training w/David Hall

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103. Vacated (BCO 44)

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102. We Do Have a Time Limit (BCO 43)

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101. Black Jeans & a Navy Blazer (BCO 42 Part 2)

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100. Happy Birthday

43

99. Never Know When a Party Breaks Out (BCO 42 Part 1)

44

98. Pastor Could Ask His Dad (BCO 41)

45

97. Inept to Do This Alone (BCO 40)

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96. Nothing of Substance (RPR w/Thomas Rickard)

47

95. Put Me Out of My Misery (BCO 39)

48

94. A Good Church, A Bad Church, and Nowhere (BCO 38)

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93. BCO Amendments Are Coming!

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92. Regarding Paul Settle

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91. 52nd PCAGA Recap

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90. Revisiting RPR

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89. Crash Course on the PCA General Assembly

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88. Some Sense of Order (Overtures 2025 Part Two)

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87. It's Almost GA, Where's Our Controversy? (Overtures 2025 Part One)

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86. Orderly Meeting

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85. BCO 37: The Removal of Censure

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84. BCO 36 The Infliction of Church Censures

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83. Bigger Problems Than Testifying in a PCA Court (BCO 35 part two)

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82. An Out of Date Bunch of Malarkey (BCO 35 part one)

61

81. All of My Secrets Have Been Exposed (BCO 34)

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80. Until I Read Them Out Loud (BCO 33)

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75. The People I Lied to Are Dead: Part Three (BCO 32 part two)

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74. The People I Lied to Are Dead (BCO 32 Part One)

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73. Best Host Ever (BCO 31 part two)

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72. Story Time with Steve (BCO 31 part one)

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75. Pure Hypothetical (BCO 30)

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74. Just Give Me Another Hour (BCO 29)

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73. The Jared Nelson Memorial Episode (BCO 28)

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72. Chapter 27 is Chiastic (BCO 27)

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71. Procedural Checklist (w/T. David Gordon)

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70. Motion to Reconsider: Assistant Pastors

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69. The Sherlocking of Scott Edburg

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68. Potentially Edifying (Ordination Questions with Groff)

75

67. A Heightened Sense of Americana (BCO 26)

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66. No Authority Over Your Assets (BCO 25)

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65. Ten Pages of Minor Scruples (BCO 24)

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64. Edburgs Don't Live A Long Time (BCO 23)

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63. Mercenary of the Session (BCO 22)

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62. Good Faith Subscription with David Strain

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61. Listener Comment on BCO 21

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60. As the Prayer Goes Longer and Longer (BCO 21 Part 2)

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59. [Insert Title Here] (BCO 21 Part 1)

84

58. Your Ruling Elders Will Be Taxed Further (BCO 20 Part Two)

85

57. 🇺🇸 (BCO 20 Part 1)

86

56. Jared's Mythical Intern Checklist (BCO 19 Part 2)

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55. The Whole Thing Is A Chonk (BCO 19 Part 1)

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54. Fantasy Presbytery (BCO 18)

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53. The Backslap of Fellowship (BCO 17)

90

52. Just Meant to Shovel Manure (BCO 16)

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51. I Feel Lost and Alone (BCO 15)

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50. Happy Birthday!

93

49. RPCNA Roundup

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48. CRC Roundup

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47. OPC Roundup

96

46. EPC Roundup

97

45. Bill Clerk for Another Year (ARP Roundup)

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44. GA Debrief 2024

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43. Beside the GA Business

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42. Just Up Your Nerd Alley (NomCom Deep Dive)

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41. Sausage & a Bible & Probably a Cask of Wine (RPR Deep Dive)

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40. GA Overtures Committee

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39. 2024 GA Overtures Overview

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38. GA Committee Reports

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37. Opening of Assembly

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36. Before the Gavel

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35. Called Meeting: Everybody Has a Voice

108

34. Live-Action BCO Interpretation (BCO 14)

109

33. A Single Semicolon (BCO 13 Part 2)

110

32. Presbytery Altar Call (BCO 13 pt 1)

111

31. Another Roll Floating Around (BCO 12 Part 2)

112

30. Legs Plural? (BCO 12)

113

29. It's Not Allowed in the Church Courts (BCO 11)

114

28. Presbytery of Moderator (BCO 10)

115

27. Animated By Our Apathy (Witherow's Practical Lessons)

116

26. I'm a Generous Grader (Application of the Test)

117

25. Christian Nationalism (Witherow's 6th Principle)

118

24. Sloth Pelican (Witherow's 5th Principle)

119

23. You’re Not Smart Enough, Ben (Witherow’s 4th Principle)

120

22. You're Not Alone (Witherow's 3rd Principle)

121

21. A Dungeon No One Would Ever Want to Be In (Witherow's 2nd Principle)

122

20. Trying to Claim Apostolic Authority (Witherow's 1st Principle)

123

19. Before the Book (Witherow's Statement of the Question)

124

18. Interview with Jonny Gibson

125

17. Called Meeting: TE Adam Parker

126

16. Some Godly Dudes (BCO 9)

127

15. Interlopers or Conflicts, Etc. (BCO 8.5-8.10)

128

14. I'm Very Interested In Plumbing (BCO 8.1-8.4)

129

13. Called Meeting: RE Howie Donahoe

130

12. Who's the Half? (BCO 7)

131

11. Not This Timeline (BCO 6)

132

10. You're a Church (BCO 5.9-5.10)

133

9. Big Ole Spreadsheet (BCO 5.1-5.8)

134

8. So We're Taking A Stance On That (BCO 4)

135

7. The Church is the Arena (BCO 3)

136

6. No One Wanted To Be On My Team (BCO 2)

137

5. I Am the Question Asker (BCO 1)

138

4. Intentionally Cumbersome (BCO Preface III)

139

3. I Thought This Would Be About Polity (BCO Preface II.4-8)

140

2. You're Going to Hate Sausage Forever (BCO Preface II.1-3)

141

1. I Tend to Skip the Preface (BCO Preface I)

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0. How to Ruin This Meeting Decently & In Order (Podcast Introduction)

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