This ministry is needed now more than ever to lead theologically and biblically. As we await Jesus’ Second Coming in the fullness of time, we are called to heed the Scriptures, “Therefore, beloved, since you look for these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, spotless and blameless” (II Peter 3:14). Being ready to greet the coming King requires diligence on our part in allowing the Holy Spirit to live Jesus’ life through us, conforming us more and more to Jesus’ character, spotless and blameless, like the Lamb himself, whose blood washes away our sins (I Peter 1:9).

To what extent can that be said about us? To be sure, none of us is perfect. We are human all of us, sinners forgiven in Christ. Our justification before the Father is secure through Christ’s victory over sin and death in the power of the Holy Spirit. Sola gratia.

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Jim Berkley [Letters, September 10, 2007] makes some very good points in his letter concerning the Book of Order trust clause references. I am very pleased to say that our church is the recipient of Christian attitudes and actions on the part of our presbytery (Muskingum Valley) which, during this past summer, dismissed us to the Evangelical Presbyterian Church.

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This article is reprinted from its original location on Robert Gagnon’s website. We reprint it here for comment and discussion.

Calvin on Unity and Sexual Immorality
A Comment on a Presbyterian Coalition Document

by Robert A. J. Gagnon

In a new Presbyterian Coalition paper, “Let Us Rise Up and Build (Neh. 2:18): A Plan for Reformation in the Presbyterian Church (USA),” which I commend as a continuing effort to bring renewal to the PCUSA, Calvin is cited on the question of unity and the case of Corinth:

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