Guest commentary by Ray Roberts We live in times of tremendous cultural change. We also live in times of high anxiety as..
Guest Outpost blog by Andy Kort It is stewardship season at the church I serve, just as I am sure it is..
Foothills Presbytery in South Carolina has submitted a series of overtures that would redefine the work of the General Assembly. Their aim..
Troubling scenario Imagine this situation. The United States government implements a plan to functionally erase state governments. At the same time, Congress..
Guest commentary by Sada Andrews “It's a good calling, then, to speak a better story. How brightly a better story shines. How..
Guest commentary by Arlene Gordon In a recent sermon reflecting on racism, Eric D. Barreto said: “I’m tired, but I’m still awake...
This month we asked our bloggers to share their thoughts on wearing vestments in worship. Here’s what they think. “Send us a..
Over the last 8 years, I have listened to hundreds of sermons online. As a preacher myself, it is a way to..
Guest commentary by Jim Nedelka NEW YORK – "That could have been my daughter!" This realization hits teaching elder Charles Atkins, pastor..
Guest commentary by David Davis In the hours after the brutal murders at Mother Emanuel A.M.E. Church, the editorial board of the..
As a pastor, I have had many opportunities to visit local hospitals. As a part of my seminary training, I even spent..
Some Presbyterians write because they have to — those frantic Saturday night sprints, pounding out a sermon. Others write because they feel..
RECENTLY, I TOOK PART IN THE ORDINATION of one of our recent graduates. He was ordained in his home congregation in New..
by C. Christopher Smith The new creation that God is bringing forth is one that stands in contrast to the status quo..
Guest commentary by Beth Buckingham-Brown Language matters. More than we realize. The language we hear and the language we use shapes us,..
This month we asked our bloggers to share their thoughts on wearing vestments in worship. Here’s what they think. One of my..
This month we asked our bloggers to share their thoughts on wearing vestments in worship. Here’s what they think. One of the..
One hundred and fifty years ago the Van Dyck Bible was completed in Beirut in present-day Lebanon. According to David Grafton, a..
This month we asked our bloggers to share their thoughts on wearing vestments in worship. Here’s what they think. So there I..
During the past few years it has been fashionable to be openly critical of the Christian church in general and the Presbyterian..
As a tradition that says God is always in action among us, reformed and always being reformed, the grace of God calls..
by Carlton David Johnson Do something! This was the mandate facing Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary five years ago. JCSTS is one..
by David Gambrell At one end of the pew someone is whispering, “That communion liturgy felt so Catholic.” At the other, someone..
On the day that the gunman was subdued on a high-speed train heading into Paris this past summer, it just so happened..
I have been re-reading a book by Alister McGrath on the history of Protestantism. McGrath’s “Christianity’s Dangerous Idea” has given me some..
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