By David Jennings. Commissioners to the General Assembly in June were reminded of the problems of reduced attendance and finances, but through the commissioners, it was evident that the Holy Spirit was working in the Presbyterian Church. … Read more
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Assembly Reflections
By Clair MacLeod. When the “Report on Human Sexuality” was adopted as the statement of the Presbyterian Church in Canada with a large majority, it was seen as happening under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. … Read more
Dousing a Firestorm: Evangelical Euphoria at the 1994 American Presbyterian General Assembly
By A. Donald MacLeod. A PC(USA) General Assembly decision about the “Re-Imagining” conference indicates that the center of the church has regained its voice and the right and the left have agreed to move on. … Read more
Perspectives on the Church Doctrine Report on Human Sexuality
John A. Vissers urges the commissioners to the 120th General Assembly in June to adopt the report of the Church Doctrine Committee: it talks about God. The crisis of faith is that we are being asked to believe in ourselves more and more as sexual beings, and in God less and less. … Read more
The Current American Presbyterian Firestorm: Any Implications for Canadians?
A. Donald MacLeod recounts the effects of the feminist Re-Imagining conference on the Presbyterian Church (USA), and speculates on the lessons it has for evangelical Canadian Presbyterians. … Read more
Feminism Unhinged from the Bible a Dead End
By Harold Jantz. Feminism stands at a crossroad. The Re-Imagining Conference represents a pagan dead end. Promise for women and for men will be found only where Christ truly is Lord and his word genuinely is allowed to shape us. … Read more
Church Renewal Leaders Respond to the “Re-Imagining” Conference
American and Canadian renewal leaders from mainline denominations meeting March 13-15, 1994 in Hamilton, Ontario, expressed profound concern regarding a recent feminist conference planned, funded, and attended by members and leaders of mainline denominations. … Read more
On My Fifteen Minutes of Fame
Nancy Cocks clarifies what she really meant, having been misquoted out of context in a report in the Globe and Mail about the Re-Imagining Conference. … Read more
Speaking the Christian God: The Holy Trinity and the Challenge of Feminism, by Alvin E Kimel, Jr.
Reviewed by Jeffrey Greenman. In the face of rising feminism, Kimel provides an urgent call for the church to embrace anew the classical trinitarian theology that is truly good news. … Read more
Paradigm Shifts or Sinking Sand: A reflection on the 119th General Assembly
By Robert Bettridge. If we are to be effective for the Kingdom of God we are going to have to make changes, but let those changes be directed by the Lordship of Jesus Christ, by the power of his Holy Spirit and in obedience to the Father’s will as revealed in Scripture. … Read more
The Report on Human Sexuality: A Call for Action
By Bruce Cairnie. The Committee on Church Doctrine is still receiving responses to the interim report, so we urge you to re-state your firm support immediately. … Read more
The General Assembly of the PCUSA
By Judy MacLeod. A Canadian Presbyterian is immediately struck by the size of the gathering, the sophistication of its procedures and administration, and the complexity of the issues facing this representation of some two and three quarter million congregants. … Read more
Whose Authority?
Clyde Ervine explains the dilemma facing the Church Doctrine Committee in framing the Human Sexuality Report in terms of the tension point between the authority of Scripture and the authority of personal experience. … Read more
The Human Sexuality Report
A promising, seventeen-page interim report on “Human Sexuality” which is now available for study asserts that a Christian sexual ethic will make wise use of tradition, reason and experience, but will subject these to the witness of Scripture. … Read more
Trojan Horse, by Donald L. Faris
Reviewed by Howard Mcllveen. The book pictures the homosexual ideology as the hidden enemy which when released from the horse will capture and fundamentally change the unsuspecting city/church. … Read more
The Joy of Presbyterian Sex
By A. Donald MacLeod. A summary of a recent retrospective on the Report of the Special Committee on Sexuality of the Presbyterian Church (USA) titled Keeping Body and Soul Together, and presented to the last (203rd) General Assembly. … Read more
Human Sexuality
Prepared by the Issues Committee of the Renewal Fellowship. Our culture has been in the process of throwing off the restraints of the Christian moral code, but for Christians, the written Word of God is to inform our decisions and guide our behaviour. … Read more