May/June 1998
(Volume 31, Number 3)

News Stories
Transformation in Christ: A Declaration for the Church
Presbyterian coalition team presents a vision for the PCUSA

Sophia upstages Jesus at the 1998 ReImagining revival
'Yesterday's heresies are becoming tomorrow's Book of Order' - Mary Ann Lundy


Amendment A supporters react to landslide defeat
Proponents' responses highlight a great divide within the PCUSA


Pittsburgh Seminary helps launch World Mission Initiative
New organization emphasizes mission opportunities


World Mission Initiative seeks to unite resources


Synod Youth Advisory Delegates meet at Stony Point
Program helps YADS learn about GA



Building PCUSA families
New task force to be formed



Methodist churches withhold funds
Angered by recent judicial decision


Proposed Study Catechism to be presented to GA
Pros and cons of the Study Catechism


John Leith: A theologian in the service of the Church
A candid interview with the world-renowned theologian


PCUSA holds conferences on church's confessional nature
First conference well received


A call to depoliticize GA
Renewal leaders decry proliferation of political paraphernalia


Presbyterian Coalition responds to Amendment A's defeat
Issues letter to sessions and ministers


COCU struggles to 'find a way forward'
Troubled organization faces funding crunch


German theologian abandons faith, calls liberal beliefs 'contemptible'


United Church of Canada's moderator denies basic doctrines


ReImagining 'gospel' is a message without hope
A first-person account by Sylvia Dooling


Presbyterian Lay Committee dedicates new office


Presbyterian Leader's Forum

A message from the Stated Clerk

A message from the GAC chair

A message from the Moderator

A message from the Chairman of the Presbyterian Lay Committee


Editorials

The radical center

Unmentionables

A lesson from above

No laughing matter

After our likeness


Book Reviews

After Our Likeness: The Church as the Image of the Trinity, by Miroslav Volf

When Cultists Ask: A Popular Handbook on Cultic Misinterpretations, by Norman L. Geisler and Ron Rhodes

Briefly Noted

The Book That James Wrote, by Earl F. Palmer

Preaching from the Minor Prophets, by Elizabeth Achtemeier


Foundations of the Faith

The Ten Commandments: Make no idols


Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor


The Presbyterian Layman May/June
The Presbyterian Layman
May/June 1998
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