Long Island Presbyterians: Our Puritan beginnings
Before we give thanks for our many blessings this Thanksgiving season, let us set the record straight about one aspect of the..
Before we give thanks for our many blessings this Thanksgiving season, let us set the record straight about one aspect of the..
WASHINGTON (RNS) While Republican leaders blast President Obama for taking executive action on immigration reform, some prominent evangelical leaders are welcoming the president’s..
When my friend, a Presbyterian pastor, was dying in the hospital, the last thing on my mind was his professional and personal..
Faith Seeking Understanding: An Introduction to Christian Theology (third ed.) Daniel Migliore Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, Minn. 485 pages Twenty-five years after it was..
(RNS) Following up on remarks to “60 Minutes” about the clergy sex abuse crisis and other controversial topics, Boston Cardinal Sean O’Malley..
WASHINGTON (RNS) Dozens of faith leaders and consumer advocates are pressing Congress to create a national interest rate cap for payday lenders instead..
FERGUSON, MO. (PNS) Just a short distance from where Michael Brown’s bloody body lay in the streets for hours after being gunned down..
edited by Dean G. Stroud Eerdmanns, Grand Rapids, Mich. 203 pages REVIEWED BY ROGER J. GENCH This book, a collection of sermons..
The Presbyterian Outlook’s new editor will be Jill Duffield, a pastor currently serving a church in Columbia, South Carolina, a Benedictory columnist..
Dear Friends of The Presbyterian Outlook,It is with great joy and enthusiasm that I write to share that earlier this month, the board..
The Executive Committee of the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board takes seriously its call to seek justice, build trust and bring clarity to..
Dear Rev. Gamm The Racial Ethnic Caucuses of the PC(USA) welcome and support the recent decision of the Presbyterian Mission Agency’s Executive..
Foreword by Albert Blackwell (compiled by Jessica Miller Kelley) Westminster John Knox Press, Louisville, Ky. 173 pages The tone of this collection..
RICHMOND, VA.(PNS) Maake Masango’s journey with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) runs from South Africa through the Presbyterian School of Christian Education (PSCE) and..
CANTERBURY, England (RNS) Twenty years after women were ordained as priests, the Church of England is set to appoint its first woman..
LOUISVILLE (PNS) We condemn in the strongest way possible the brutal attack on worshippers at the synagogue in the Har Nof Orthodox..
Catherine M. Phillippe, one of the more elegant, graceful and grace-filled Presbyterians the world has known, died after a momentous struggle with..
by Mark Achtemeier Westminster John Knox Press, Louisville, Ky. 137 pages REVIEWED BY MARY HARRIS TODD Christ’s family is in deep discussion..
Twenty-five years ago Stanley Hauerwas and William Willimon published “Resident Aliens” as a critique of mainline American Protestantism and as an ecclesial..
LOUISVILLE (PNS) Conversation in a restaurant: “Kim and Joe, would you come to church with us on Sunday morning? Ted and I..
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) Until now, if you were a Mormon woman hired to teach at an church seminary for high schoolers or..
"Christian brotherhood is not an ideal which we must realize; it is rather a reality created by God in Christ in which..
The digital issue of the Presbyterian Outlook’s November 24, 2014 issue is now available! It is viewable on almost all computers, tablets, and smartphones. Click..
The executive committee of the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board has voted to hire a Nashville attorney to investigate ethics violations by four..
They say that today’s 25-year-olds are in a “quarter-life crisis.” They're the new “slackers,” the ones who got an education (maybe), but..