The Rev. Dr. Peter Hammond: Frontline Fellowship, Capetown South Africa
A review of “The Wounded Minister - Healing from and Preventing Personal Attacks”
Dr. Guy Greenfield
Some years ago we witnessed an extraordinary campaign of hate and slander launched by disgruntled ex-members against an outstanding mission in …

Position Paper On Voting Requirements in Presbyterian Churches
Rev. Brian M. Abshire
A fundamental problem that afflicts confessional churches concerns the issue of voting membership. Members have to elect officers, ruling elders, and as occasion demands, teaching elders to rule over them. The problem arises because elders are held to a different standard than the average member …

Presbyterian Presuppositions of Judicial Process
Modern Presbyterians often find it difficult to reach the proper balance concerning judicial procedures. On the one hand, there are those of a legalistic bent who look for a judicial action to solve every problem. They flood the church courts with accusations, condemnations, complaints and …

Rev. Brian M. AbshireIn Acts chapter 6, the Apostles had to deal with a practical problem in the infant church. Jews had come from all over the world to the feast at Pentecost. The Lord God then brought more than 3000 people to saving faith in His Son Jesus. But with great …

The early American Republic was based, not on Greek philosophy or Roman political systems as is commonly taught in modern public schools, but on a consistent application of Reformed theology applied to the civil realm. Both the Puritans in New England, and the Presbyterians in the South self-consciously attempted to develop …

As I write this column, I am also celebrating (?) my 44th birthday. Middle age has come with an unexpected vengeance. Emotionally, I still think of myself as fairly young until reality confronts me every morning by the old man staring back at me out of the mirror. My manly red beard has more than …