Shushed by the moderator, June 30, 2025.

Introduction.

I was really pleased when I heard that Kevin DeYoung was selected to be the moderator of the PCA.

I like his work and really appreciate a lot of what he has done.

Nancy and I are currently working

through his recent book, Daily Doctrine, and it is filled with truly valuable stuff. And of course,

I really appreciate the invaluable gift he gave to the world by naming the Moscow mood the way he did.

So hats off and all that. But with all that said, it turns out that the whole mood question

might have more going on with it than just a mood.

There appear to me to be much larger issues under the surface.

This exchange below was not a trifle, the problem which might fairly be described as glaring.

After Kevin D. Young assumed the role of moderator, the following interaction happened.

It was not a good look for Kevin at the beginning of his tenure, not a good look for the

PCA in the midst of all their ongoing travails with the culture smog, and especially not a good look for those four guys sitting around Kevin in the shot.

All four practically exuding a Presbyterian-esque decorum, a decorum radiating from them all like heat from a stove.

How could anybody ever think about possibly disturbing

something like that? Let me read to this tweet. Paul Beigler watched T.E. Timothy Brindle's

full floor speech in which he was chastised by moderator Kevin DeYoung for lacking decorum,

personally attacking Irwin Ince, and speaking with intemperance. What do you think?

Then Megan Basham says,

I like Kevin DeYoung, but these were perfectly temperate remarks. This man deserves applause for his

courage and conviction. In the first place, and I just mentioned this in passing,

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