Tribes. Us. Them.
In the ancient Middle East, about a dozen days after the first Christmas (as tradition numbers the days), the gospel broke down an historic tribal barrier as Persians worshiped the Son of Israel’s God.
In the ancient Middle East, about a dozen days after the first Christmas (as tradition numbers the days), the gospel broke down an historic tribal barrier as Persians worshiped the Son of Israel’s God.
I live in Fort Mill, S.C. Fort Mill is home to the White Homestead, the final meeting place of Jefferson Davis’ Confederate cabinet.
Often, Presbyterians want to hear “good news” stories – stories of churches that grow and flourish, or of struggling churches transformed.
We are confronted with the now inescapable evidence that our country has been involved in torture in the prosecution of the so-called War on Terror.
Them. It so easily becomes a four-letter word. Them. Republicans to Democrats. Democrats to Republicans. Conservatives to liberals. Liberals to conservatives. Them. Muslims. Jews. Christians. Palestinians. Israelis. Afghans. Pakistanis. Iraqis. Americans. Them. When “them” is a rivalry, well, that’s one thing. You know the kind of “them” I am talking about.
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
by Laura Hillenbrand
Random House. 2010. 473 pages.
reviewed by Roy W. Howard
My father was a Japanese POW for 42 months, having been captured when he was 19 years old in the Philippine Islands while serving with the Army Air Corps.
Turning Controversy into Church Ministry: A Christlike Response to Homosexuality
by William P. Campbell
Grand Rapids: Zondervan. 2010. 240 pp.
reviewed by Andrew Nagal
Perhaps the greatest contribution of Bill Campbell’s new book is not what he says, but how he says it.
The word for competition in the Greek New Testament is the word athleo, from which we have the English words athlete and athletic.
LOUISVILLE - Top leaders of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) released a letter Feb. 4 calling for a denomination-wide conversation. That marks the PC(USA)’s response to a letter and “white paper” released Feb. 2 by 45 pastors, most serving large congregations, that has provoked conversation around the church and which raises the possibility of some sort of denominational schism.
Collecting donations, serving soup, stocking pantry shelves all part of annual youth effort...