“I’m sticking with Jesus” – Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove gives Edwards Lecture at LPTS

LOUISVILLE (Outlook) – In the wake of a most contentious election, what is a faithful response? How do we begin to..

Fire damages first Mexican-American Presbyterian church in Texas

LOUISVILLE (PNS) – Members of a historic church in San Marcos, Texas, are making alternative plans for worship this Sunday after fire..

Voices

Reflection on the U.S. elections

Philip Wingeier-Rayo shared this with the Austin Seminary community on Election Day this week. The Outlook offers it as our Friday commentary this..

Looking into the lectionary

November 13, 2016 – 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Isaiah 65:17-25; Luke 21:5-19 Ordinary 33C Proper 28 I am writing this before the election results are revealed. You will be preaching..

Editorials

Repairers of the breach

In the wake of the election, a Scripture passage has been coming to my consciousness over and over. It is from the..

Book Reviews

George Whitefield: America’s Spiritual Founding Father

by Thomas S. Kidd Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn. 344 pages Reviewed by John M. Mulder George Whitefield (1714-1770) was..

Presbyterian News Service

PC(USA) offers support to torched and vandalized Mississippi church

LOUISVILLE (OGA) – The Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), sent..

Outlook Features

Why study the Reformation era?

by Bill dePrater One morning my wife and I received a phone call from Katherine, our youngest daughter. “Dad, I am..

Outlook Features

The right group-study curriculum can enrich the meaning of Advent

By Nina Simone With fall in full swing, Advent will soon be upon us. Busy as December is, Advent invites people into..

Presbyterian News Service

Coordination of General Assembly initiatives

(OGA) The three bodies established by the 222nd General Assembly (2016) last June in Portland – the Way Forward Commission, the 2020 Vision..

Religion News Service

Post-election church services aim to reconcile Christian voters

(RNS) The idea for an Election Day church service came to the pastor as he was pouring juice into little plastic cups...

Presbyterian News Service

Two PC(USA) protestors arrested at North Dakota capitol

LOUISVILLE (PNS) – Following an interfaith solidarity gathering of more than 500 clergy and lay people at the Oceti Sakowin camp on the northern..

Voices

I bear witness: Reflections from Standing Rock

Guest commentary by Susan Phillips We give you thanks, Eternal G-d, for you nourish and sustain all living things by the gift..

Benedictory

Ecclesial humility

Professor Amy Pauw, from Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, wrote a piece recently on Ephesians 2:11-22 in which she made this observation: “An..

Presbyterian News Service

Stated Clerk supports peace and reconciliation in El Salvador

SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR (OGA) The Reverend Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church..

Voices

Why Presbyterian, why now?

Church attendance in the United States is down. The mainline church seems to have lost its significance in American culture. The Presbyterian..

Editorials

Theology matters

The only way I ever walked into a hospital room to visit the sick, or a home to meet with a bereaved..

In This Corner

How do we know Jesus will return?

In a youth group a 15-year-old asked, “How do we know Jesus will return?” A girl answered, “It’s in the Bible, in..

Presbyterians in Action

PC(USA) churches at Christmas

Almost every PC(USA) church helps needy families at Christmas with food and gifts. It’s impossible to cite just one. About half of..

He/She Said

Rabbi Tamar Elad-Appelbaum

“I never believed something like this would be possible in my lifetime. Jews who live in the territories publicly praying together with..

Insights columns

Reading Reformed theology today

Presbyterians, as Reformed Christians, are always on the lookout for resources that enlarge our knowledge of Christianity. Our learnings strengthen our..

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