Archive for April, 2012
More Bits and Pieces
With all the miseries that have beset the ARP Church regarding Erskine College (EC) and Seminary (ETS) the last five years, an obvious thing has been lost in the miasma of words. That is, all roads lead to Greenville. Well, I suppose all roads lead to GARPC. One gets a feeling there is an embedded institutional incestuousness when begin to look at the players involved.
Bits and Pieces
The blowing of the wind that you heard and felt a few days ago was the collective sigh of relief that came out of Due West, SC. The question terrifying Erskine was whether or not ATS would forgive ETS for all the indiscretions that occurred under the “reign of incompetence” of Harvey Gaston. Also in this article is a current-events demonstration of what happens when a denomination fights for its college. Would the ARP had been so bold…
Sincerity
Though the responses of the session of the Greenville ARP Church to those who brought charges against Dr. Taylor are somewhat tedious and convoluted and overreaching at points, the basic argument includes that Dr. Taylor sincerely believed that as an EBOT trustee he was doing the right thing when he filed suit against the ARP Church in civil court. Well, are we now to assume that we have a higher vow for elders and ministers – The Vow of Sincerity?
