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Editorials from The Layman


Joining the cultural predators – 218th General Assembly (2008)

Synod property police will force padlocking of congregations – 218th General Assembly Preview (2008)

PCUSA at a crossroads – 218th General Assembly Preview (2008)

‘Beware of false prophets’ – Spring 2008

Lack of trust and ‘The Louisville Papers’ – Winter 2008

True ecumenism needed now throughout the Church – October-November 2007

Standing on the Word – October-November 2007

With Kirkpatrick and Ivory gone, what is the future of the PCUSA? – October-November 2007

Unrestricted abortion remains the PCUSA’s dirty little secret – July/August 2007

Conundrum facing Presbyterians today – whether to go or to stay – July/August 2007

To the greater glory of God or the pursuit of mammon? – April/May 2007

PCUSA’s use of ‘true church’ is contrary to its meaning – November 2006

Raising high theological impropriety – November 2006

Our heritage is shunned – July 2006

Beware the distractions from God’s will – April 2006

Warning shots across American Protestantism – April 2006

PUP: What’s the big deal? Defiance occurring now – January-February 2006

Will there be a schism in 2006? – January-February 2006

A bias against salvation through Jesus Christ alone – October 2005

Defying the constitution and the court – October 2005

Ask why the pews are empty – August 2005

The spotlight turns to New Wineskins – August 2005

The sad, silent evil of ‘religious’ freedom – June 2005

Faithful fellowship in troubled times – June 2005

Declaring sin not to be sin – March 2005

The cutting edge of Scripture – March 2005

Do you feel the pain? – December 2004

The dead-end ecumenical path – December 2004

Praising terrorists shames the PCUSA – October 2004

The task force’s ‘moral authority’ – October 2004

A ‘human institution’ straying from God – July 2004

Zany idea strikes a nerve – July 2004

New light and God’s Word – don’t separate them – June 2004

PCUSA’s ‘social conscience’ skews data – June 2004

Character and conduct allegations require a trial with real evidence – February 2004

Conscience-driven stewardship – November 2003

PCUSA’s abortion stand makes it a moral outcast – November 2003

Episcopalians defy Scripture, world church consensus – September 2003
Presbyterian Lay Committee issues statement

Task Force should seek harmony with God’s Word – September 2003

Don’t darken discernment – July 2003

Evil flourishes in partial-birth abortion policy – July 2003

A wishful-thinking ambassador – April 2003

Anti-war pronouncements ignore people in the pews – April 2003

The disease of defiance – February 2003

Flying in the face of God’s creation – February 2003

Going back to the future brings renewal – December 2002

Stated clerk could head off train wreck – December 2002

Presbytery errs in case of Coalition executive – October 2002

Further constitutional violations – October 2002

‘70-percent assembly’ didn’t act out the faith – August 2002

Unity under God on trial – August 2002

Inconsistency in ‘fragile times’ – June 2002

Denomination’s bait and switch – June 2002

A fair-play challenge – April 2002

The Sebastian case: Words mean what? – April 2002

Graham’s remarks unsettling – April 2002

Be kind to Muslims and faithful to Christ – February 2002

Clerk got it partially right – February 2002

Shooting the messenger – December 2001

Say ‘No!’ to Amendment A – December 2001

Outlook joins majority – December 2001

Other amendments – December 2001

Lord of all – October 2001

So, who’s causing schism? – October 2001

Whom shall we fear? – October 2001

An apostate assembly – July 2001

Confessions during recess – July 2001

The key word is ‘within’ – May-June 2001

Confessing or just confessional? – May-June 2001

Amusing ourselves to death – March-April 2001

New churches or more money? – March-April 2001

Rhetoric and reality – April 2001
Special Report on the Confessing Church Movement within the PCUSA

Scripture and conscience – January-February 2001

NCC leader’s strange tack – January-February 2001

Some sacred cows are being gored – November-December 2000

God provides ecumenical alternatives – November-December 2000

What did God really say about marriage? – September-October 2000

Baptists could teach us a lesson or two – September-October 2000

Christian citizens – September-October 2000

Moderator Syngman Rhee – July-August 2000

Diversity that shuns discernment – July-August 2000

You deserve full disclosure – July-August 2000

Language, emotion and same-sex unions – May-June 2000

Freedom is pathway to real Jubilee – May-June 2000

Publish it not in Gath … – May-June 2000

Apologies for paying off bad debts – March-April 2000

The growing indignation industry – March-April 2000

The Trinity matters – March-April 2000

Don’t bail out sinking NCC – January-February 2000

‘Historic Principles’ a guide to our unity – January-February 2000

Do we accept the authority of Scripture? – January-February 2000

A vote for the constitution – November-December 1999

Speaking of hate – November-December 1999

Detour into darkness – November-December 1999

A Presbyterian epiphany – November-December 1999

The record and the rhetoric – July-August 1999

Peculiar honors – July-August 1999

Another kind of audit – July-August 1999

Unity, diversity and schism – July-August 1999

A Presbyterian wake-up call – May-June 1999

Denominational dysfunction – May-June 1999

Feeling unwelcome – May-June 1999

Evangelism: Telling the good news – March-April 1999

In Memorium W. Frank Harrington – March-April 1999

Fidelity and integrity? – March-April 1999

What’s the rush? – March-April 1999

Cafeteria constitutionalism – January-February 1999

The Moderator’s moment – January-February 1999

Whither the WCC? – January-February 1999

Celebrating too soon – November-December 1998

Commissioning history – November-December 1998

The next steps for PCUSA renewal – November-December 1998

A well-defined task – November-December 1998

Double exposure – September-October 1998

Jesus Christ or a 'Jesus experience?' – September-October 1998

Tracking trends – September-October 1998

Ghost and goddess – September-October 1998

Lessons from Lambeth – September-October 1998

Point of order – July-August 1998

Sabbatical – July-August 1998

Rebuilding community – July-August 1998

From reason to rhetoric – July-August 1998

The radical center – May-June 1998

Unmentionables – May-June 1998

A lesson from above – May-June 1998

No laughing matter – May-June 1998

After our likeness – May-June 1998

The Church has spoken – March-April 1998

In Memoriam, Lesslie Newbigin – March-April 1998

Slippery slopes – March-April 1998

Trusting the whole people of God – March-April 1998

The Wager – January-February 1998

Building Community by denying Christ – January-February 1998

Who we are – January-February 1998

An unconstitutional Constitution? – November-December 1997

For the record – November-December 1997

Integrity (re)defined – November-December 1997

Commissioners and conscience – November-December 1997

Pocketbook protests – September-October 1997

Covenants – September-October 1997

Double exposure – September-October 1997

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