ARPTalk, Issue 17
May 22, 2009
Welcome to the seventeenth (17th) issue of ARPTalk. Featured in ARPTalk(17) are the following three (3) articles:
(17.1) LETTERS AND NEWS
(17.1.1) Letter from Rev. Curt Young, Senior Pastor, Church of the Atonement –Rev. Young’s letter/email is in response to the Editor’s response to an ETS mail out: “Meet Your Faculty and Staff.”
(17.1.2) Response to Dr. Bill Crenshaw –Dr. Crenshaw had some questions regarding the Editor’s sources in the Editor’s report on the “Erskine Forum.”
(17.2) EVANGELICAL OR HOMOPHOBIC? The Editor asks this question: Are the PC(USA) “conservatives” Evangelical or homophobic? Is their opposition to homosexuality principally driven by conservative social conventions or theologically/Biblically driven?
(17.3) AN OLD VISION FOR ERSKINE – Is there a vision for Erskine that promotes authentic Evangelical Christian faith and excellence in learning? Yes, there is one. Time passes and we forget; however, a vision has been framed that advances the Erskine Mission and draws Erskine to the ARP Church. This vision was framed in 1998. The author was Dr. John Carson. One wonders why his vision which was overwhelming received by the General Synod has been ignored. A copy of Dr. Carson’s vision is included. If you have never read this, you will want to read Dr. Carson’s words.
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 WANT 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 and address be removed and they will be removed PROMPTLY.
If you have thoughts, articles, reviews, criticisms, or news that are of interest to the ministers and laypersons of ARPdom, and you submit them, they will most likely be publish in ARPTalk. If you would like to speak with the Editor you may reach him at 864.882.6337.
If you have missed past issues of ARPTalk, this blog-site is used archivally to store past issues. If that doesn’t work, email me at wilson6114@bellsouth.net and copies will be sent to you.
I hope you find ARPTalk(17) interesting and informative. I look forward to hearing from you.
The opinions expressed in the articles in ARPTalk are the opinions of the writers. There are no anonymous articles or letters in ARPTalk.
Charles (“Chuck”) W. Wilson
Welcome to the seventeenth (17th) issue of ARPTalk. Featured in ARPTalk(17) are the following three (3) articles:
(17.1) LETTERS AND NEWS
(17.1.1) Letter from Rev. Curt Young, Senior Pastor, Church of the Atonement –Rev. Young’s letter/email is in response to the Editor’s response to an ETS mail out: “Meet Your Faculty and Staff.”
(17.1.2) Response to Dr. Bill Crenshaw –Dr. Crenshaw had some questions regarding the Editor’s sources in the Editor’s report on the “Erskine Forum.”
(17.2) EVANGELICAL OR HOMOPHOBIC? The Editor asks this question: Are the PC(USA) “conservatives” Evangelical or homophobic? Is their opposition to homosexuality principally driven by conservative social conventions or theologically/Biblically driven?
(17.3) AN OLD VISION FOR ERSKINE – Is there a vision for Erskine that promotes authentic Evangelical Christian faith and excellence in learning? Yes, there is one. Time passes and we forget; however, a vision has been framed that advances the Erskine Mission and draws Erskine to the ARP Church. This vision was framed in 1998. The author was Dr. John Carson. One wonders why his vision which was overwhelming received by the General Synod has been ignored. A copy of Dr. Carson’s vision is included. If you have never read this, you will want to read Dr. Carson’s words.
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 WANT 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 and address be removed and they will be removed PROMPTLY.
If you have thoughts, articles, reviews, criticisms, or news that are of interest to the ministers and laypersons of ARPdom, and you submit them, they will most likely be publish in ARPTalk. If you would like to speak with the Editor you may reach him at 864.882.6337.
If you have missed past issues of ARPTalk, this blog-site is used archivally to store past issues. If that doesn’t work, email me at wilson6114@bellsouth.net and copies will be sent to you.
I hope you find ARPTalk(17) interesting and informative. I look forward to hearing from you.
The opinions expressed in the articles in ARPTalk are the opinions of the writers. There are no anonymous articles or letters in ARPTalk.
Charles (“Chuck”) W. Wilson
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