ARPTalk, Extra 6
February 26, 2010
Welcome to ARPTalk. This issue of ARPTalk is an EXTRA. ARPTalk extras are short and focus on one issue.
The headline for ARPTalk(Extra6) is:
ERSKINE SEMINARY
NOW MATRICULATING JEWISH,
MORMON, AND ISLAMIC CLERICS
INTO THE DMin PROGRAM!
“It is now public knowledge in Due West, South Carolina, and on-line on the World Wide Web: Erskine Theological Seminary, the seminary of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, has and is matriculating Jewish, Mormon, and Islamic clerics into the DMin program. This means that Erskine Theological Seminary is now advancing the professional careers of non-Christian religious clerics.
“What does this mean?”
Open the attachment or go the one of the blog-sites to read the rest of this article.
Also of note for readers of ARPTalk is an article by Dr. William B. Evans, "A Layman's Guide to the Inerrancy Debate." This article has recently been posted on the Reformation21 website of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals (http://www.reformation21.org/articles/a-laymans-historical-guide-to-the-inerrancy-debate.php). Dr. Evans is well known in the ARP Church. He is a former Moderator of the General Synod and the Editor of the ARP Adult Quarterly Sunday School curriculum that is used by a wide variety of churches both in the ARP Church and beyond.
According to Mr. Tom Patterson, former General Synod Moderator and Editor of the ARP Alliance of Loyal Laity's Highroad for ALL, Dr. Evans' article was slated for publication in the Highroad; however, publication difficulties prevented the article’s timely appearance in the Highroad.
While Dr. Evans has declined to give permission for the Editor of ARPTalk to republish his article in full in this issue of ARPTalk, we can say that the article speaks powerfully to the current situation in the broader Evangelical world and in the ARP Church in particular. If you want a clear explanation of the doctrine of inerrancy, its implications, and the confused situation in which we currently find ourselves, click on the Reformation21 link here (http://www.reformation21.org/articles/a-laymans-historical-guide-to-the-inerrancy-debate.php) or above for Dr. Evan’s article.
If you are new to ARPTalk, ARPTalk is NOT an official voice of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. The purposes of ARPTalk are two-fold: (1) To inform and educate the ministers and laypeople of ARPdom on significant issues that are before ARPdom; and (2) To give voice to and encouragement to those who feel they have been ignored and marginalized.
ARPTalk is free to those who want it. If you are on the mailing list of ARPTalk , it is because you are an ARP minister or layperson or someone who is interested in the ARPC or things Presbyterian in general. If you do not wish to read this issue of ARPTalk, please do not open the attachment. If you do not want to be on the mailing list of ARPTalk, please click on the following site address (ARPTalk@bellsouth.net) and request that your name be removed and your address will be promptly removed.
If you have thoughts, articles, reviews, criticisms, or news that are of interest to the ministers and laypersons of ARPdom, and if you submit them, they will most likely be published in ARPTalk.
I hope you find ARPTalk(Extra6) interesting and informative. I look forward to hearing from you.
The opinions expressed in ARPTalk(Extra6) are the opinions of the Editor.
Charles (“Chuck”) W. Wilson
Welcome to ARPTalk. This issue of ARPTalk is an EXTRA. ARPTalk extras are short and focus on one issue.
The headline for ARPTalk(Extra6) is:
ERSKINE SEMINARY
NOW MATRICULATING JEWISH,
MORMON, AND ISLAMIC CLERICS
INTO THE DMin PROGRAM!
“It is now public knowledge in Due West, South Carolina, and on-line on the World Wide Web: Erskine Theological Seminary, the seminary of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, has and is matriculating Jewish, Mormon, and Islamic clerics into the DMin program. This means that Erskine Theological Seminary is now advancing the professional careers of non-Christian religious clerics.
“What does this mean?”
Open the attachment or go the one of the blog-sites to read the rest of this article.
Also of note for readers of ARPTalk is an article by Dr. William B. Evans, "A Layman's Guide to the Inerrancy Debate." This article has recently been posted on the Reformation21 website of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals (http://www.reformation21.org/articles/a-laymans-historical-guide-to-the-inerrancy-debate.php). Dr. Evans is well known in the ARP Church. He is a former Moderator of the General Synod and the Editor of the ARP Adult Quarterly Sunday School curriculum that is used by a wide variety of churches both in the ARP Church and beyond.
According to Mr. Tom Patterson, former General Synod Moderator and Editor of the ARP Alliance of Loyal Laity's Highroad for ALL, Dr. Evans' article was slated for publication in the Highroad; however, publication difficulties prevented the article’s timely appearance in the Highroad.
While Dr. Evans has declined to give permission for the Editor of ARPTalk to republish his article in full in this issue of ARPTalk, we can say that the article speaks powerfully to the current situation in the broader Evangelical world and in the ARP Church in particular. If you want a clear explanation of the doctrine of inerrancy, its implications, and the confused situation in which we currently find ourselves, click on the Reformation21 link here (http://www.reformation21.org/articles/a-laymans-historical-guide-to-the-inerrancy-debate.php) or above for Dr. Evan’s article.
If you are new to ARPTalk, ARPTalk is NOT an official voice of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. The purposes of ARPTalk are two-fold: (1) To inform and educate the ministers and laypeople of ARPdom on significant issues that are before ARPdom; and (2) To give voice to and encouragement to those who feel they have been ignored and marginalized.
ARPTalk is free to those who want it. If you are on the mailing list of ARPTalk , it is because you are an ARP minister or layperson or someone who is interested in the ARPC or things Presbyterian in general. If you do not wish to read this issue of ARPTalk, please do not open the attachment. If you do not want to be on the mailing list of ARPTalk, please click on the following site address (ARPTalk@bellsouth.net) and request that your name be removed and your address will be promptly removed.
If you have thoughts, articles, reviews, criticisms, or news that are of interest to the ministers and laypersons of ARPdom, and if you submit them, they will most likely be published in ARPTalk.
I hope you find ARPTalk(Extra6) interesting and informative. I look forward to hearing from you.
The opinions expressed in ARPTalk(Extra6) are the opinions of the Editor.
Charles (“Chuck”) W. Wilson
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