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..
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Evangelicals a mixed bag on Obama’s immigration move
WASHINGTON (RNS) While Republican leaders blast President Obama for taking executive action on immigration reform, some prominent evangelical leaders are welcoming the president’s..
Donating a pastoral library
When my friend, a Presbyterian pastor, was dying in the hospital, the last thing on my mind was his professional and personal..
Outlook 2014 fall book roundup
Faith Seeking Understanding: An Introduction to Christian Theology (third ed.) Daniel Migliore Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, Minn. 485 pages Twenty-five years after it was..
Cardinal O’Malley repeats: Church needs to discipline bishops over sex abuse
(RNS) Following up on remarks to “60 Minutes” about the clergy sex abuse crisis and other controversial topics, Boston Cardinal Sean O’Malley..
Faith leaders join consumer advocates to push for lower payday loan rates
WASHINGTON (RNS) Dozens of faith leaders and consumer advocates are pressing Congress to create a national interest rate cap for payday lenders instead..
National Council of Churches stands in solidarity with those seeking justice in Ferguson
FERGUSON, MO. (PNS) Just a short distance from where Michael Brown’s bloody body lay in the streets for hours after being gunned down..
Preaching in Hitler’s Shadow: Sermons of Resistance in the Third Reich
edited by Dean G. Stroud Eerdmanns, Grand Rapids, Mich. 203 pages REVIEWED BY ROGER J. GENCH This book, a collection of sermons..
Jill Duffield announced as Outlook editor
The Presbyterian Outlook’s new editor will be Jill Duffield, a pastor currently serving a church in Columbia, South Carolina, a Benedictory columnist..
Breaking News: Letter from Outlook board president announcing new editor
Dear Friends of The Presbyterian Outlook,It is with great joy and enthusiasm that I write to share that earlier this month, the board..
Statement from the executive committee of the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board
The Executive Committee of the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board takes seriously its call to seek justice, build trust and bring clarity to..
A letter to the PMA executive committee in response to ethics violations
Dear Rev. Gamm The Racial Ethnic Caucuses of the PC(USA) welcome and support the recent decision of the Presbyterian Mission Agency’s Executive..
Every Valley: Advent with the Scriptures of Handel’s Messiah (bookmark)
Foreword by Albert Blackwell (compiled by Jessica Miller Kelley) Westminster John Knox Press, Louisville, Ky. 173 pages The tone of this collection..
‘The call to ministry is above rejection’ – An interview with South Africa’s (and PSCE’s) Rev. Maake Masango
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..
Church of England formally approves women bishops
CANTERBURY, England (RNS) Twenty years after women were ordained as priests, the Church of England is set to appoint its first woman..
Stated Clerk denounces synagogue attack
LOUISVILLE (PNS) We condemn in the strongest way possible the brutal attack on worshippers at the synagogue in the Har Nof Orthodox..
Catherine “Kay” Phillippe, first PC(USA) female associate stated clerk, succumbs to cancer
Catherine M. Phillippe, one of the more elegant, graceful and grace-filled Presbyterians the world has known, died after a momentous struggle with..
The Bible’s Yes to Same-Sex Marriage: An Evangelical’s Change of Heart
by Mark Achtemeier Westminster John Knox Press, Louisville, Ky. 137 pages REVIEWED BY MARY HARRIS TODD Christ’s family is in deep discussion..
Resident & alien
Twenty-five years ago Stanley Hauerwas and William Willimon published “Resident Aliens” as a critique of mainline American Protestantism and as an ecclesial..
Regarding ruling elders: ordered ministries
LOUISVILLE (PNS) Conversation in a restaurant: “Kim and Joe, would you come to church with us on Sunday morning? Ted and I..
Mormons change rules to allow moms, divorced women to teach religion
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) Until now, if you were a Mormon woman hired to teach at an church seminary for high schoolers or..
Messy, imperfect life together
"Christian brotherhood is not an ideal which we must realize; it is rather a reality created by God in Christ in which..
November 24, 2014: Digital issue for subscribers
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..
PC(USA) employees accused of ethics violations placed on administrative leave
The executive committee of the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board has voted to hire a Nashville attorney to investigate ethics violations by four..
Film in review – “Laggies”
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..
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