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November/December 1997
(Volume 30, Number 6)

News Stories

1,100 Presbyterians come to Dallas for Gathering II

139 Presbyterians meet in Chicago

Stated clerk vacillates during his first year in office

Church Women United re-imagines Christian worship

Committee releases the ‘First Catechism’

GA official warns of possible ‘disciplinary actions’

GAC staff member decries threats to affirmative action

Colson calls Christians to oppose ‘kingdom of imperial self’

Gillespie to keynote Evangelical Pastors’ Conference

New organization finds ‘life challenge’ in river blindness

PHEWA committee adjourns without completing report

Accountable Relationships group requires no constitutional adherence

Pittsburgh Seminary profs: ‘A’ is theologically corrupt

Jane Dempsey Douglas calls Amendment A ‘Reformed’

Buchanan calls for civility; Bay reviles ‘A’ opponents

Bohl disclaims politics – Says not creating organization

Jesus graceless, says Network speaker

‘Let the children come’

Gillespie reminds hearers to bear witness to God’s truth

Hestenes calls for sexual holiness

Network of Amendment A proponents crafts strategies

Prominent Minneapolis minister admits affair, resigns

Committee to review Milwaukee ‘Covenant of Dissent’

Financial crunch looms as World Council nears 50

Former moderator leaves PCUSA

GAC calls for exec director applications

NCC/Methodist film series undermines traditional faith

Editorials

An unconstitutional Constitution?

For the record

Integrity (re)defined

Commissioners and conscience

Presbyterian Leader's Forum

A message from the Stated Clerk

A message from the Moderator

A message from the GAC Chair

Book Reviews

The Nature of Confessions: Evangelicals & Postliberals in Conversation
By Timothy R. Phillips and Dennis L. Okholm

Sexual Ethics+
By Stanley Grenz

The Arrogance of the Modern: Historical Theology Held in Contempt
By David W. Hall

When God Doesn’t Answer: Removing Roadblocks to Answered Prayer
By Woodrow Kroll

The Names of Jesus and The Intercessory Prayer of Jesus
By Warren W. Wiersbe

The Lapsley Saga
By Winifred K. and Lachlan C. Vass III

The Right Choice
By Paul T Stallsworth

Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches 1997
By Kenneth B. Bedell

Called By a New Name: Becoming What God Has Promised
By Gerrit Scott Dawson

Devotional
Roots of Faith: An Anthology of Early Christian Spirituality to Contemplate and Treasure
By Robert van de Weyer

A Father’s Covenant: 173 Promises for Consideration and Reflection
By Stephen Gabriel

God Is No Illusion: Meditations on the End of Life
By John Tully Carmody

New Editions
The Light Has Come: An Exposition of the Fourth Gospel
By Lesslie Newbigin

The Universe Next Door: A Basic Worldview Catalog
By James W. Sire

Faith and Science
Darwin’s Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution
By Michael Behe

Defeating Darwinism by Opening Minds
By Phillip E. Johnson

The Fire within the Eye: A Historical Essay on the Nature and Meaning of Light
By David Park

Foundations of the Faith

The Ten Commandments: Israel gathers at Mt. Sinai


Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor
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