The Spanish verb esperar means both waiting and hoping, two key words in this Advent season. When I am in our second..
Let me tell you about my family. Addiction runs through our veins, entitlement reigns in our thoughts and we are prone to..
What is surprising about the tragedy in Ferguson is that we are surprised. Week after week, we see stories and statistics that..
Dear Friends of The Presbyterian Outlook,It is with great joy and enthusiasm that I write to share that earlier this month, the board..
I am convinced that the membership statistics Louisville releases each year are not the most useful way to judge where we are..
Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, Who was and is and is to come!” The apostle John’s vision of God’s infinitude is..
Nine years ago, when reporting for duty to serve as the new editor of the Presbyterian Outlook, I carried ulterior motives in..
Prior to deciding to leave the Presbyterian Outlook to take the call to pastor a congregation again, I sought the counsel of..
I never intended to earn a Masters of Divinity degree. As a 24-year-old, nondenominational fundapentacharisgelical, my faith mentors and peers disdained the..
I love when caricatures get blown out of the water. I love when negative caricatures I’ve believed get disproven (I’d rather admit..
I’ve long said that the best thing about Presbyterian General Assemblies is the summer vacation season that follows after adjournment. After spending..
When the store or online retailer cancels your order, what do you do? You reorder the item there or elsewhere. When graduating..
Ed. note: See note from Jack Haberer in the comments. “Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.” So the..
“Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.” So the Apostle Paul exhorted the church in Rome. That command may..
Already-not yet. Thanks to the groundbreaking New Testament theological studies of Germany’s Oscar Cullman (1902-99) and of Fuller Seminary’s George Eldon Ladd..
As we Presbyterians descend upon Detroit for the 221st General Assembly this June 14-21, I can’t resist the inclination to shop through..
So what about marriage? How would you advise commissioners and delegates to the 221st General Assembly as they consider proposals to change..
You know how that condescending line goes: “Some of my best friends are … .” Well, some of MY best friends support..
The theology he articulated for his Roman church later formed the basis of our Genevan church. But it was his writing about..
This edition of the Outlook is the final ‘regular’ issue to be published prior to the season of issues that prepare the..
Thank God for Holy Week. To hear the common rhetoric of apostasy accusers, Jesus’ life is as endangered in today’s Presbyterian Church..
Those five words, expressed on April 14, 1970, by moon-circling astronauts, mobilized the folks back home at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Due..
Ordinary Time bursts with learnings for those paying attention. When the church calendar turns from Advent/Epiphany and Lent/Easter to “Ordinary Time,” congregational..
Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals and other instruments, the singers raised their voices in praise to the LORD and sang: “He is..
When it comes to Christian camping, Presbyterian style, there’s bad news, there’s good news and there’s really good news. First, the..
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