The Disciples’ Prayer: An Intimate Phrase by Phrase Journey through the Lord’s Prayer Reviewed by Robert P. Mills, and, uh, forgive me for all my sins, Lord, and help me to get that job, Lord, if it’s Your will. And please help John’s cold to get better, Lord, and help me not to catch it….
Task Force should seek harmony with God’s Word The Layman September 2003 Volume 36, Number 5, notwithstanding Jesus’ commitment to the moral law of God. In another study, led by Sara Sanderson Doughty, a pastor in Lowville, N.Y., the task force considered the “inclusiveness” of the Jerusalem Council (Acts 15) in which church leaders accepted…
Jesus with Dirty Feet: A Down-to-Earth Look at Christianity for the Curious & Skeptical Reviewed by Paula R. Kincaid, we’ll be able to see him for ourselves.” Intriguing title I ordered this small, 125 page book just because the title intrigued me. When it arrived, my curiosity was further piqued. The text is formatted in…
To the greater glory of God or the pursuit of mammon? The Layman April/May 2007 Volume 40, Number 1, members of the Protestant mainline denominations are waking up to discover that bureaucrats are seeking to stifle their growing theological dissent by coercing their ministers and lay leadership and by confiscating the property of their congregations….
Book Review Christabel Pankhurst: Fundamentalism and Feminism in Coalition Jeffrey McDonald, The Layman Online, many feminists invoke Christabel Pankhurst’s (1880-1958) name without realizing, or perhaps ignoring, the fact that she became a committed fundamentalist teacher and preacher. Early in the book, author Timothy Larsen establishes Pankhurst’s feminist credentials – she was a founding member and…
With Kirkpatrick and Ivory gone, what is the future of the PCUSA? The Layman October-November 2007 Volume 40, Number 3, the Presbyterian Church (USA) stands at a crossroads: Will the denomination’s decades-long slide into theological pluralism continue its ongoing dilution of the Gospel in the world, the hemorrhaging of its members and churches, the reduction…
Review: ‘The Roots of Social Justice’ Jesus Christ: The Light in our darkness Viola Larson , Special to The Layman Online, the Christianity of the Presbyterian Women’s groups is mixed with such radical views that only extreme versions of radical theology is allowed in the book lists provided by the Presbyterian Women’s Ministry Area. If…
PCUSA’s use of ‘true church’ is contrary to its meaning The Layman November 2006 Volume 39, Number 5, compared to 350 to 400 before the “schismatics were turned over to Ceasar,” as the denomination’s once-secret legal strategy phrases it. Meanwhile, there remains a “true church” in Findlay. It consists of those who voted to leave…
Book review: The Theology of John Calvin By Walter L. Taylor , The Layman, particularly in more “traditionalist” or “evangelical” circles where the Bible is held as authoritative, but where battles rage over words like “inerrancy” and “infallibility.” Partee thus shows us how careful we must be when we enlist Calvin in some of our…
Amusing ourselves to death The Presbyterian Layman March/April 2001 Volume 34, Number 2, the Areopagus is fully functioning in the Presbyterian Church (USA). It is like sidewalk theater where people literally are amusing themselves to death by reincarnating ideas plagiarized from pagans. Turning the deaf ear To sustain their whimsy, some Presbyterians turn a deaf…