April 14, 2014: Digital issue for subscribers
The digital issue of the Presbyterian Outlook’s April 14, 2014 issue is now available! It is viewable on almost all computers, tablets, and smartphones...
The digital issue of the Presbyterian Outlook’s April 14, 2014 issue is now available! It is viewable on almost all computers, tablets, and smartphones...
BEIRUT (PNS) [Author's name withheld for security reasons] It was Palm Sunday 2010 in the Christian quarter of Homs, Syria, where thousands..
by Douglas F. Ottati William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company: Grand Rapids, Mich. 384 pages. The tag “liberal” in conventional debates seems..
by Jerry L. Van Marter LOUISVILLE (PNS) Bob Abrams and Charles Stanford remember when the annual gathering of Presbyterian Men (PM) attracted 5,000 people to..
by Sarah Pulliam Bailey (RNS) World Vision found itself testing the evangelical boundaries in March when it announced it would recognize employees’..
by Sarah Pulliam Bailey (RNS) American evangelicals have played a significant role in U.S. support for Israel; by some measures they are..
The idea that the Son had to die so the Father would be able to forgive us has never made much sense..
by David Briggs, Association of Religion Data Archives UNIVERSITY PARK, PA. (RNS) Many women and men pursuing a religious vocation long have been..
Janie T. Barrows, 83, Oct. 28, Ormond Beach, Fla. Rona Kathryn Deming, 42, Oct. 23, Rockville, Md. Irwin P. Gates Jr., 84,..
Chang Eui Ahn, from pastor, Korean Central Church, Bayside, N.Y. Angi Jung Ahne, from associate pastor, Lakeview Korean Church, Niles, Ill. James..
LOUISVILLE (PNS) Remember the sabbath day, and keep it holy. (Ex. 20:8) It would be a monumental understatement to call March a..
MINNEAPOLIS –Imagination and hope. For the roughly 400 people who attended the NEXT Church national gathering in Minneapolis, that’s likely what they..
Buz Wilcoxon, from associate pastor, Fourth Church, Greenville, S.C., to pastor, Spring Hill Church, Mobile, Ala.
These weeks between the ashes and the lilies demand hardly any getting used to. The lurking guilt has ever been there, tight..
"The debate has been captured by utterly intolerant people on both sides. Everybody wants religious liberty for me, and my opponent ground into the dust.” ..
This movie did not consciously cast itself in biblical terms. But, as a practicing believer watching it, I couldn’t help but think..
American audiences have proven that they don’t mind watching a very bloody shoot-‘em-up, but there needs to be a reason, or else..
“The woman was clever and beautiful, but the man was surly and mean” (1 Samuel 25: 3). Back when King David was..
Gracious God, as we prepare to go out from this place: Help us to remember. That is our prayer as our attention..
By Rick Jacobs NEW YORK (RNS) Some 2,000 years ago, a prospective Jew in ancient Israel asked Rabbi Hillel to teach him..
by David Gibson (RNS) Bye-bye, “Bishop Bling.” So long, “Pastor Perks.” The so-called “Francis effect” may be real, at least when it..
MINNEAPOLIS – The congregants sat during evening worship in the balcony, looking down over a river of blue fabric draped over the..
by Josephine McKenna ROME (RNS) Pope Francis stressed the importance of marriage between a man and a woman at his general audience..
Katallagete! Be reconciled! Grace then gratitude… reconciliation then justice “All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and..
MINNEAPOLIS – “No community of faith can be silent while people suffer.” J. Herbert Nelson II, who leads the Office of Public..