Stated clerk opposes execution of McVeigh The Layman Online, May 17, 2001 Timothy McVeigh, who murdered 169 men, women and children in the 1995 bombing of the Murrah Federal Office Building in Oklahoma City, should not be executed, says Clifton Kirkpatrick, stated clerk of the Presbyterian Church (USA). McVeigh, whose execution is scheduled June 11…
PFR urges GAC to reconsider response to Ficca controversy By Robert P. Mills, The Layman Online, May 4, 2001 We have no life apart from Jesus, and the General Assembly Council has no purpose for existence apart from the proclamation and preservation of this affirmation. Nothing is more important. Insisting that “Nothing is more important…
33 Presbyterians sign petition against faith-based ministries The Layman Online, April 26, 2001 Thirty-three men and women who are ordained as Presbyterian ministers have signed a petition criticizing President Bush’s proposals to publicly fund faith-based organizations. The Presbyterians joined 100 Unitarian-Universalists, 53 United Methodists, 22 Episcopalians, 13 Lutherans, 36 United Church of Christ ministers, a…
Letter to the churches from an old warrior The Layman Online, April 26, 2001
Presbyterian Coalition plans task force on PCUSA issues The Layman Online, April 23, 2001 Declaring that “our denomination’s unwillingness to uphold our biblical and confessional standards for marriage and the growing acceptance of homosexuality as simply an alternative lifestyle have become intolerable,” the Presbyterian Coalition says it “is not a time to bolt” from the…
Journey into Day: Meditations for New Cancer Patients Review by Angela Treadway, April 20, 2001 Rusty Freeman is a two-time cancer survivor and pastor of Johnstown Presbyterian Church in Johnstown, Ohio. He has put together a comforting collection of Scriptures, meditations and comments that offers encouragement and insight, drawing from his own cancer experiences, fears,…
Pipe organ making a come back for young people By Uwe Siemon-Netto, 2001, United Press International, April 20, 2001 WASHINGTON – A young German wunderkind named Hell is a combatant of sorts in a worship war that is raging in America’s churches. At issue is: How do you best laud the Lord? With “praise bands”?…
Amendment A vote tied at 83 By Paula R. Kincaid, The Layman Online, April 18, 2001 The vote on Amendment A is tied at 83, with only seven presbyteries left to vote. If Amendment A is approved, G-5.0103 of the Book of Order would be amended to read “No persons shall be denied membership for…
Stated clerk opposes Bush tax-cut proposal The Layman Online, April 17, 2001 Clifton Kirkpatrick, stated clerk of the Presbyterian Church (USA), has signed a document declaring that President George W. Bush’s tax-cut plan is “too inequitable,” “too large” and that it threatens the nation’s future. Kirkpatrick was one of a number of representatives of mainline…
Princeton ethics professor’s book review OKs bestiality The Layman Online, April 17, 2001 Peter Singer, ethics professor at the Presbyterian-founded Princeton University, has come out in favor of … bestiality. In a recent review of Michael Dekker’s Dearest Pet: On Bestiality, Singer says “mutually satisfying activities” – his euphemism for sex across the species barrier…