PCUSA: End of?
« Previous EntriesPostscript: Michael Card and the PC(USA) Exegesis Exam
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008Part 5 of series: Presbyterian Exegesis Exam Changed
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I had thought that I was finished weighing in on recent changes in the PC(USA) exegesis exam. But an experience I had this past weekend motivated me to add a postscript to my series. This experience was of Michael Card.
If […]
Presbyterian Exegesis Exam Changed: Section 4
Friday, August 29th, 2008Part 18 of series: The End of the Presbyterian Church USA? Revisited
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So far I’ve put up three posts on recent changes in the exegesis exam of the Presbyterian Church (USA). If you haven’t been reading along, I’ll summarize by saying that the PC(USA) no longer requires candidates […]
Presbyterian Exegesis Exam Changed: Section 3
Thursday, August 28th, 2008Part 17 of series: Presbyterian Exegesis Exam Changed
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In my last two blog posts I have commented on recent changes in the exegesis exam of the Presbyterian Church (USA). In a nutshell, the PC(USA) no longer requires candidates for ordination to pastoral ministry to demonstrate knowledge of biblical […]
Presbyterian Exegesis Exam Changed: Section 2
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008Part 16 of series: The End of the Presbyterian Church USA? Revisited
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Yesterday I began commenting on recent changes in the exegesis exam of the Presbyterian Church (USA). For the first time in ages, the PC(USA) will no longer require candidates taking the exegesis exam to demonstrate a […]
We Interrupt This Regularly Scheduled Blog to Bring You a Special Report: Presbyterian Exegesis Exam Changed
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008Part 15 of series: The End of the Presbyterian Church USA? Revisited
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I just became aware of a couple of major changes in exegesis exams of the Presbyterian Church (USA). I want to offer some comments on these changes. This may seem like a detour from my series […]
Where Do We Go From Here? Section 1
Monday, August 25th, 2008Part 14 of series: The End of the Presbyterian Church USA? Revisited
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So far in this series on The End of the Presbyterian Church USA? Revisited I have argued that we members of the PCUSA cannot get along as a unified denomination because of our deep theological divisions […]
Chet Edwards: Potential Vice-President and Poster Child for Denominationalism in America
Saturday, August 23rd, 2008As my regular readers know, I don’t tend to do serious blogging on Saturdays. But today I do want to put up something that is vaguely related to my recent series on the PCUSA and denominations.
I’ve been watching with interest the hype surrounding Barack Obama’s imminent announcemet of his running mate. One of the leading […]
What’s Good About Denominations? Revisited
Friday, August 22nd, 2008Part 14 of series: The End of the Presbyterian Church USA? Revisited
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Two years ago, in the aftermath of the debacle of the 2006 General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church USA, I wrote a blog series on the topic: What’s Good About Denominations? In this series I listed […]
What’s Good About Denominations?
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008I’m away on a camping vacation for the next few days, with uncertain Internet access. So I’ll point you to a series I did a couple of years ago called: What’s Good About Denominations? Along with some help from my readers, I came up with quite a few elements. I’ll have more to add next […]
Is the PCUSA My Church?
Monday, August 4th, 2008Part 13 of series: The End of the Presbyterian Church USA? Revisited
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The recent focus of this blog series has been the biblical and theological issues associated with the ordination of sexually-active gays and lesbians. I have tried to explain what Presbyterians believe and why, and why our […]
But Won’t Presbyterians Ultimately Change Their Position on Gay Ordination, Just Like They Did on the Ordination of Women?
Thursday, July 31st, 2008Part 12 of series: The End of the Presbyterian Church USA? Revisited
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One of the most common arguments you’ll hear these days from proponents of gay ordination goes something like this:
Presbyterians used to oppose the ordination of women on the basis of the Bible. But in spite of […]
Why, If We Share the Same Bible, Do Presbyterians Differ So Widely on the Issue of Gay Ordination? Section 3
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008Part 11 of series: The End of the Presbyterian Church USA? Revisited
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I closed yesterday’s post by suggesting two reasons why many Presbyterians no longer regard the whole of Scripture as authoritative. These were:
1. The fact that this view is held by many seminary professors in PCUSA seminaries.
2. […]
Why, If We Share the Same Bible, Do Presbyterians Differ So Widely on the Issue of Gay Ordination? Section 2
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008Part 10 of series: The End of the Presbyterian Church USA? Revisited
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In my last post I suggested that the gap between Presbyterians who endorse gay ordination and Presbyterians who oppose it has much to do with their views on the authority and interpretation of Scripture. Opponents tend […]
Why, If We Share the Same Bible, Do Presbyterians Differ So Widely on the Issue of Gay Ordination? Section 1
Monday, July 28th, 2008Part 9 of series: The End of the Presbyterian Church USA? Revisited
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As I pick up my blog series on the PCUSA, I want to consider the question of why we Presbyterians, given that we share the same Bible, differ so widely on the issue of gay ordination. […]
Can We, Can We All Get Along? Section 4
Thursday, July 17th, 2008Part 8 of series: The End of the Presbyterian Church USA? Revisited
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No, We Can’t All Get Along as a Unified Denomination
Of course we Presbyterians haven’t been getting along very well for a long time. We’ve been fighting over homosexuality for thirty years. This isn’t just a matter […]
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