The Presbytery of Hamilton and the Commission of Assembly

Here is the opening paragraph of a new post on John Ross’ blog Recycled Missionaries that is worth reading in full.  His post concerns a recent book by Alastair McGrath about heresy and the defence of Christian truth, and then goes on to make a few comments about the Presbytery of Hamilton and the recent decision of the Commission of Assembly.

Two recent events have given me slender encouragement that creedal and confessional Christianity has not been totally overwhelmed by Post-modern relativism. The first is the publishing of  Alister McGrath’s Heresy: A History of Defending the Truth (New York: Harper One, 2009). I have not yet had an opportunity to get a copy in my hand and evaluate the book myself, but the publisher’s blurb is very heartening.

The rest of this article by John Ross, in which he reports about the decision of last week’s meeting of the Church of Scotland’s Commission of Assembly concerning the recent, and to many provocative, decision of Hamilton Presbytery, can be read here

I knew that the decision of Hamilton Presbytery concerning a ministry candidate was originally thought to be destined for the Commission of Assembly but had thought that it would not, in the end, proceed.  However, it seems to have gone ahead and John Ross describes the narrowness of the eventual vote.

Soli Deo Gloria