Read the book that got Jay Adams hauled into court!
As you suspected, the title is intended to be clickbait—but it worked and here you are. Yes, it is true, but we are not talking about a civil court. Instead, Jay ran afoul of some fellow Presbyterians who took umbrage with him. His view of the Sabbath and Sabbath-keeping was a departure from the Westminster Confession, so one presbytery in his Synod officially accused him of deviating from his commitments to the confession when he joined his denomination. The charges were quickly dismissed, however, when paperwork was produced showing Adams had freely declared his disagreement on this point and was granted an exception by his presbytery.
Jay loved the Westminster Confession and held classes teaching it in the churches he pastored. He was invited to deliver the closing address to the Assembly of the North American Presbyterian and Reformed Counsel (NAPARC) meeting on the occasion of the 350th anniversary of the Westminster Assembly in London.[1] But is was with this one area Jay had to dissent. The following is his explination for his motivation in writing this book.
As you consider this issue if you are like me you may
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