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February 2002
(Volume 35, Number 1)


News Stories

Layman
Presbyteries strongly affirming PCUSA ordination standard

Confessing Churches
Grassroots renewal ideas will emerge


Persecuted Christians overlooked?

Clerk sends out mixed signals on constitution

Drafters say ‘chaste’ means ‘chaste’

Clipped comments

Do evangelicals shun Rogers, or vice versa?

New York congregation votes to leave Presbyterian Church (USA)

Movie blockbusters
The battle of the wizards


N.Y. homeless can’t sleep on sidewalk beside church

Suicide legal in Netherlands

New Union Seminary: Is ‘new kid on the block’ a chip off the old block?
One door closed to evangelical seminary grad
Venerable RSV given a faith lift

Church court dismisses case against installation of homosexual elder

Theology that Matters
Leadership has ‘led PCUSA over brink of irrelevancy’


Theological task force to begin dealing with ‘pain’ in February

The glory of the small church

‘Confessing the Faith’ is theme of conference

Covenant Network leader is candidate for moderator

Presbyteries back having local bishops

PCUSA becomes partner in new ecumenical organization

Richard E. Paul
There’s a little Calvin, Luther in Dick Paul

Constance K. Elliott
Board member follows in father’s footsteps

Briefly

Letters to the editor

Foundations of the Faith
As it is in heaven


Editorials & Columns

Editorials

Be kind to Muslims and faithful to Christ

Clerk got it partially right

Columns

The war within our hearts
Robert L. Howard, Chairman, Presbyterian Lay Committee


Getting back in touch
Parker T. Williamson, Editor-in-chief, The Layman


People in the pews prove conventional wisdom false
Craig M. Kibler, director of publications


Book Reviews

Stories come alive from two testaments
The Story of the New Testament: Men with a Message
By John Stott; Revised by Stephen Motyer
The Story of the Old Testament: Men with a Message
By Alec Motyer; Revised by John Stott

Our friends the psalms
Encountering the Book of Psalms: A Literary and Theological Introduction
By C. Hassell Bullock

Eight vignettes in faith for conversations with God
The Divine Intruder: When God Breaks into your Life
By James R. Edwards
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