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November / December 1998
(Volume 31, Number 6)

News Stories
Atlanta conference declares ‘Christ for the World’

Persecuted church, radical feminists summit topics

‘Coming Out Day’ service held at Columbia Seminary

Gathering III introduces declaration, strategies

'Basis' works for renewal in Britain

Group opposes opening WCC to non-Christian religions

Covenant Network conference held in Denver

PCUSA does not buy O'Keeffe property

Protests prompt memo on conduct by GA staff

NNPCW work group holds first meeting

Protests filed at Charlotte GA

PHEWA plans to display 'Shower of Stoles'

$459,000 authorized in 1999 for denominational publication

Detterick urges staff accountability and prioritizing

Women's concerns committee regroups

MRTI targets US corporations

Peachtree Presbyterian leads the way to church growth

Mary Holmes College gets multi-million dollar bailout

Council for Chaplains and Military Personnel gets low priority

'Prince of Egypt': A review

The making of 'The Prince of Egypt'

Advocacy budgets increased

Resources For Congregations

PFR's youth ministry equips young saints

PRRMI calls full-time director for youth ministry

Editorials
Celebrating too soon

Commissioning history

The next steps for PCUSA renewal

A well-defined task

Presbyterian Leader's Forum

A message from the stated clerk

A message from the moderator

A message from the GAC chair

A message from the chairman of the Presbyterian Lay Committee


Book Reviews

Spiritual theology
Passage through the Wilderness: A Journey of the Soul
Zeb Bradford Long

The Practice of Prayer
Margaret Guenther

That I May Know God: Pathways to Spiritual Formation
Kenneth Boa

Forty Days with the Messiah: Day- By-Day Reflections on the Words of Handel’s Oratorio
David Winter

Biblical studies
Mark
Thomas C. Oden and Christopher A. Hall

Reading the Bible with Heart and Mind
Tremper Longman III

The Last Days According to Jesus
R.C. Sproul

Theology
What Christians Really Believe & Why
Stanley J. Grenz

First Comes Faith: Proclaiming the Gospel in the Church
W. Frank Harrington

Christian Theology, 2nd ed.
Millard Erickson

New Dimensions in Evangelical Thought: Essays in Honor of Millard J. Erickson
David S. Dockery

Current issues
The Media-Wise Family
Ted Baehr

The Inclusive Language Debate: A Plea for Realism
D.A. Carson

A Different Death: Euthanasia and the Christian Tradition
Edward J. Larson and Darrel W. Amundsen

Faith and science
God and Contemporary Science
Philip Clayton

Mere Creation: Science, Faith and Intelligent Design
William A. Dembski

Foundations of the Faith

The Ten Commandments: Honor your father and mother


Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor


The Presbyterian Layman
November/December 1998
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