Capital in the Twenty-First Century
by Thomas Piketty Belknap Press of Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 696 pages REVIEWED BY SKIP FERGUSON “Marxist!” “Socialist!” “Communist!” Since the publication..
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“ … with those who weep” (with updated response from the editor)
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Starting Missional Churches: Life with God in the Neighborhood (bookmark)
Mark Lau Branson and Nicholas Warnes, editors InterVarsity Press, Downer’s Grove, Ill. 192 pages At the recent General Assembly, commissioners in the..
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Unbar the door! (50 years ago)
50 years ago — June 29, 1964 The issue of race rocked our nation and the church. “Let each one of us..
Archbishop Bashar Warda
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In a church in Montana…
In a church in Montana, a preacher was explaining communion in a children’s sermon. He said, “We sometimes use wine, but now..
Deceased (from July 21, 2014 issue)
Dick F. Harberts, 93, Apr. 21, Cedar Falls, Iowa
Retirements (from July 21, 2014 issue)
Paul Duncan, from member-at-large, Eastern Oklahoma Presbytery Dan Rabovsky, from executive director, Meals on Wheels, Tulsa, Okla.
Transitions (from July 21, 2014 issue)
David (DC) Adams, from associate pastor, Newnan Church, Newnan, Ga., to pastor, First Church, Harrison Ark. Heong Seok Cho, from pastor, Atlanta..
Ordinations (from July 21, 2014 issue)
Bobbie Wrenn Banks, to contract call pastor, First Breman Church, Breman, Ga., by Presbytery of Greater Atlanta Aaron Frank, to pastor, Hope..
Anniversaries (from July 21, 2014 issue)
Central Church, Nevada, Iowa, 150 years Dexter Church, Dexter, N.Y., 175 years First Church of Kensington, Philadelphia, 200 years
Ground Zero cross can stay at 9/11 museum, appeals court rules
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Pope Francis apologizes for persecution of Pentecostals
CASERTA, Italy (RNS) Pope Francis sought forgiveness for decades of persecution of Italian Pentecostals when he met with around 300 evangelicals from the..
Transitions (from the August 4, 2014 issue)
Donald P. Hammond, from associate director for enrollment, San Francisco Theological Seminary, San Anselmo, Calif., to interim pastor, The Presbyterian Church, Needham,..
August 4, 2014: Digital issue for subscribers
The digital issue of the Presbyterian Outlook’s August 4, 2014 issue is now available! It is viewable on almost all computers, tablets, and smartphones...
Rabbi David Saperstein will be first non-Christian to serve as U.S. ambassador for religious freedom
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Campus edge: Conversations about millennials and ministry
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Film in review – “Obvious Child”
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Films in review – “Edge of Tomorrow” & “How To Train Your Dragon 2”
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Film in review – “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes”
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With Mosul’s Christians gone, Islamic State troops take over 4th-century monastery
ERBIL, Iraq (RNS) A day after most of Mosul’s Christians fled, Islamic State fighters stormed the fourth-century Mar Behnam Monastery near the city...
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