I thought that your responses were worthy of a fitting response. I will try to organize one in the next day or so.
BTW, have you checked out Chalcedon's website of late? Much improved.....
I was surprised to find that it sounds like the Presbyterian Layman (PCUSA) might be a recon group...they had a link on their site to an article about the subject, anyway. 3 posted on 11/23/01 4:14 PM Pacific by rwfromkansas
"Presbyterian Layman" is, at best, an "evangelical" Presbyterian layman's communion doing their best to uphold Biblical Truth within the darkness of Theological Liberalism which has infested the modern PCUSA. Don't get me wrong; the simple "fundamentalism" of so-called "evangelical presbyterianism", as manifested by the "Presbyterian Layman", is a welcome antidote to the blasphemy of Liberalism... for the "evangelical" mind-set at least declares, "Some Things ought not be compromised"; and that is a small, but crucial, departure from the Liberal point of view.
But "evangelicalism" is a long way from the truly Reformed point of view, that "Nothing ought be compromised".
Don't kid yourself, my young friend. The evangelical "Confessing Movement" of the PCUSA (as exemplified by "Presbyterian Layman" are, currently at least, fighting little more than a rearguard action against the Liberals in the PCUSA. IF (as I consider most likely at this point) they succeed in effecting a departure from the PCUSA, they will still require a vast amount of discipleship to bring the views of their "somewhat-conservative" faction into adherence with those of the historical, Reformed presbyterian denominations. And IF (a possibility I regard as no more likely than a beggar's hope, at this point) the Confessors should actually succeed in winning their intra-mural battle against the Liberals within the PCUSA, then the challenge would be far greater still... the Orthodox denominations of American Presbytery would then be faced with the task of Reforming the entire PCUSA!! Sheesh... My back is already aching at the prospect of such a daunting task. Between you and me, I would not lay good odds on it, at this point.
So, I will wish the Confessors well... even as I await their break with the PCUSA, which I consider the most likely outcome at this point. Come out of her, God's People, and partake not of her crimes.
I shall look forward to re-visiting the Theonomy discussion re: Reconstructionism-vs.-Libertarianism, in a day or two.
Best,
The Orthodox Presbyterian (formerly Uriel1975)