GUEST COMMENTARY “In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it.” George Orwell, “1984” “The ACC, Moderator, Stated Clerk, and the assembly itself today declared that the General Assembly has the power to say that the plain words of our governing documents (Book of Order and Book of Confessions) can be ‘interpreted’ to say things that they do not in fact say.” Ed Koster, Stated Clerk, Presbytery of Detroit In the book of 1 Kings, chapter 18, King Ahab saw Elijah the prophet and said, “Is that you, O troubler of Israel?” Elijah answered, “It is not I who trouble Israel, O King, but you.” Some may see this article about actions of the 221st General Assembly as troubling the church. One of the great ends of the PC(USA) is “the preservation of the truth.” In this article, I am trying to preserve the truth. I see certain actions of the 221st GA as having denied truth and as troubling the church. In the seventh … [Read more...]
How the 221st General Assembly has denied its own constitution (And how Jesus is still Lord)
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