PCUSA’s abortion stand makes it a moral outcast The Layman November 2003 Volume 36, Number 5, at last, the American people and our government have confronted the violence and come to the defense of the innocent child.” Whither the Presbyterian Church (USA)? We strongly condemn the denomination’s failure to cherish and protect the lives of…
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…
Why the upstarts are the winners and mainstream churches are the losers By John H. Adams and Peggy Hedden, The Layman, it is losing individual congregations by the dozens. Most of them are going to the Evangelical Presbyterian Church. By the Finke-Stark definition, the PCA and the EPC could be considered “upstarts.” Contrary to Kirkpatrick’s…