Theology Matters 3
  • Home
  • About Us
    • Our Purpose
    • What We Believe
    • Board of Directors
    • Board of Reference
  • Contact Us
  • To Receive Theology Matters
  • To Donate
Home>
Theology Matters -- Back Issues
+
2009>
2008>
2007>
2006>
2005>
2004>
2003>
2002>
2001>
2000>
1999>
1998>
1997>
1996>
1995>
Theology Matters -- Topics
-
Abortion>
Amendment B--2008>
Calvin, John>
Church and Culture>
Church Discipline>
Discernment Processes>
Ecclesiology>
Ethics>
Euthanasia>
Female Language for God>
Historic Theological Conflict>
Holiness>
Intelligent Design/Evolution>
Jonathan Edwards>
Marriage>
Ministry>
NCD--Jewish Ministry>
Peace, Unity and Purity Report>
Polity>
Postmodernism>
Prayer>
Progressive (Liberal) Theology>
Proposed New Form of Government>
Reformation of the Church Series>
Renewal of the Church>
Sacraments>
Sexuality>
Suffering>
Tolerance>
Trinity>
Women in Ministry>
World Council of Churches>
World Religions>
Worship>
Theology Matters -- Authors
+
Achtemeier, Elizabeth>
Achtemeier, Mark>
Andrews, Jerry>
Atkinson, Mark>
Bailey, Kenneth E.>
Barnes, Craig>
Beebe, Keith>
Berkley, James>
Blankenhorn, David>
Braaten, Carl E.>
Brown, Toby>
Budziszewski, J.>
Burgess, John>
Burton, Bryan>
Cameron, Nigel M. de S.>
Calvin, John>
Carlson, Allan>
Chan, Simon>
Condic, Maureen L.>
Crocco, Stephen>
Cyre, Sue>
Davis, Bob>
Dawn, Marva>
Dawson, Gerrit Scott>
Dembski, William A.>
Dooling, Robert>
Dooling, Sylvia>
Edwards, James R.>
Eisenhower, William>
Eyre, Stephen>
Finch, Kevin>
Fisher-Ogden, Daryl>
Gagnon, Robert>
Gallagher, Maggie>
Gillespie, Thomas>
Goeke, Mike>
Haberer, Jack>
Hailson, Donna>
Hambrick-Stowe, Charles>
Hansen, Gary Neal>
Harvey, Nancy L.>
Heidinger, James V.>
Henderson, David W.>
Hershberger, Valerie>
Hestenes, Roberta>
Hurley, Edwin G.>
Janiszewski, Tim>
Johnson, Darrell>
Johnson, Phillip>
Johnson Tremba, Kristin>
Jones, L. Gregory>
Jongewaard, Faith>
Keevil, Philip>
Kersten, Katherine>
Kimel, Alvin>
Kjos, Berit>
Knippers, Diane>
Larson, Viola>
Laverentz, Eric>
Leggett, Paul>
Lewis, William>
Mathewes-Green, Frederica>
Mauser, Ulrich>
McAnally, Teresa>
McDermott, Gerald>
McGonigal, Terry>
McGrath, Alister>
Meilaender, Gilbert>
Mills, Robert P.>
Mitchel, C. Ben>
Mitchell, Louis>
Morschauser, Scott N.>
Mouw, Richard J.>
Naegeli, Mary Holder>
Noll, Stephen>
Oden, Thomas>
Okholm, Dennis>
Otto, Randall>
Palmer, Earl>
Pannenberg, Wolfhart>
Patterson, Mark>
Partee, Charles>
Popenoe, David>
Poppinga, Julius>
Presbyterian Coalition>
Purves, Andrew>
Rogers, Shirley Smith>
Rosik, Christopher>
Roxburgh, Alan>
Satinover, Jeffrey>
Schlossberg, Herbert>
Schlossberg, Terry>
Shanholtzer, Carol>
Sparks, Andrew>
Starbuck, Scott R. A.>
Sunquist, Scott W.>
Swanson, David>
Tony, James R.>
Torrance, Thomas F.>
Turner, Philip>
Valerie, Mark>
Vautier, B. Holly>
Veith, Gene Edward>
Webber, Robert>
Wells, David F.>
Whitehead, Barbara Dafoe>
Wiley, Charles>
Wilken, Robert>
Wilson, Sarah Hinklicky>
Wisdom, Alan>
Wood, H. Stanley>
Wright, David>
Wright, Jean>
Zeigler, Leslie>
Amendment B Resources 2008>
Bible Studies
+
Old Testament>
New Testament>
Bible Study Tools>
Confession Studies
+
General Study>
Apostles' Creed>
Barmen Declaration>
Nicene Creed>
Heidelberg Catechism>
Officer Training>
Preaching>
Sermons
+
By Text>
By Topic>
Theological Help for PNCs>
CIFs (Church Info Forms)>
Theology Studies>
WorldView>
General Assembly Business 2010>
Search Archives>
About Us
+
Our Purpose>
What We Believe>
Board of Directors>
Board of Reference>
Contact Us>
Amendment B 2008
Resource Packet for Amendment B
This resource packet was used by Presbyterians as they prepared for the debate and vote in the presbyteries on Amendment B to replace G-6.0106b in 2008-2009.

The Pastoral Dilemma, by Dr. Thomas Gillespie -- 
Gillespie reminds Christians that the homosexual debate is not about an "issue" but real people with faces and names.  He calls the church to pastorally reach out to those experiencing homosexual attraction with the transforming hope of the Gospel. Nov/Dec 2008 , p. 1

Offended: How My Family Offended and Brought Me Back to Christ, by Mr. Mike Goeke --
Goeke shares his personal witness of leaving his wife for a homosexual life.  His wife, friends and parents would not accept his decision and persisted in reaching out to him with love and truth.  Goeke says, "Thank you, dear friends, for your offense to me.  "At the time, the Truth you shared was the aroma of death to me (2 Cor 2:15) but today it is the sweet fragrance of life."  Nov/Dec 2008 p. 3

Change in Homoerotic Behavior and Feelings is Possible, by Dr. Christopher Rosik --  
Rosik, shares the latest research on the gay gene theory--at best there is a weak correlation between genes and behavior.  Nov/Dec 2008  p. 4

Ordination of Sexually Active Gay Men and Lesbians, by Dr. Christopher Rosik
Rosik asks important questions about behavior --how do we treat bisexuals? what about those who do not say they were born with a disposition to homosexuality, but willingly chose it and what about transgendered individuals who are born as one biological sex but chose to live as the opposite one?  Nov/Dec 2008 p. 6

Jesus Christ, Scripture and the Confessions, by Dr. James R. Edwards---
Edwards rejects the theology of Amendment B that attempts to create a hierarchy with Christ at the top, separated from Scripture, followed by Scripture and then Confessions only in so far as they agree with this imagined Christ. p. 8   Nov/Dec 2008

A Critique of the 218th GA Proposed Replacement of G-6.0106b by Rev. James Tony, p. 12, --
Tony compares the proposed Amendment B to the current ordination standards at G-.60106b sentence by sentence. Sep/Oct 2008 Theology Matters p. 12

The Danger of Losing "fidelity" in G-6.0106b, by Dr. Paul Leggett, p. 14, --
Leggett looks at some major problems in the proposed amendment: an unexamined pledge; radical change in authority; undefined Jesus. Sep/Oct 2008 Theology Matters p. 14

Presbyterians for Faith, Family and Ministry: Theology Matters
P. O. Box 3940
Fredericksburg, VA 22402
Phone: 540-898-4244

Powered by Faithwebsites