The Forbidden Word
by James Henry Harris Cascade Books: Eugene, Ore. 146 pages. "The Forbidden Word” by James Henry Harris, is a good conversation..
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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...
Three different Palm Sundays: A Syrian Christian tells his story
BEIRUT (PNS) [Author's name withheld for security reasons] It was Palm Sunday 2010 in the Christian quarter of Homs, Syria, where thousands..
A Theology for Liberal Protestants?
by Douglas F. Ottati William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company: Grand Rapids, Mich. 384 pages. The tag “liberal” in conventional debates seems..
Young enough to dream: Bob Abrams, 90, and Charles Stanford, 80, work to rebuild Presbyterian Men
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..
After World Vision, evangelicals debate boundaries over sexuality
by Sarah Pulliam Bailey (RNS) World Vision found itself testing the evangelical boundaries in March when it announced it would recognize employees’..
Is support for Israel waning among evangelicals?
by Sarah Pulliam Bailey (RNS) American evangelicals have played a significant role in U.S. support for Israel; by some measures they are..
Prodigal cross
The idea that the Son had to die so the Father would be able to forgive us has never made much sense..
Moonlighting pastors and postponed health care: Record debt loads overwhelming many seminary graduates
by David Briggs, Association of Religion Data Archives UNIVERSITY PARK, PA. (RNS) Many women and men pursuing a religious vocation long have been..
Deceased (from the April 14, 2014 issue)
Janie T. Barrows, 83, Oct. 28, Ormond Beach, Fla. Rona Kathryn Deming, 42, Oct. 23, Rockville, Md. Irwin P. Gates Jr., 84,..
Honorably retired (from the April 14, 2014 issue)
Chang Eui Ahn, from pastor, Korean Central Church, Bayside, N.Y. Angi Jung Ahne, from associate pastor, Lakeview Korean Church, Niles, Ill. James..
Daily Sabbath Keeping (Moderator’s column)
LOUISVILLE (PNS) Remember the sabbath day, and keep it holy. (Ex. 20:8) It would be a monumental understatement to call March a..
NEXT Church conferences inspires imagination and hope
MINNEAPOLIS –Imagination and hope. For the roughly 400 people who attended the NEXT Church national gathering in Minneapolis, that’s likely what they..
Transitions (from the April 14, 2014 issue)
Buz Wilcoxon, from associate pastor, Fourth Church, Greenville, S.C., to pastor, Spring Hill Church, Mobile, Ala.
Holy Week
These weeks between the ashes and the lilies demand hardly any getting used to. The lurking guilt has ever been there, tight..
Douglas Laycock
"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.” ..
Film in review – “Robocop”
This movie did not consciously cast itself in biblical terms. But, as a practicing believer watching it, I couldn’t help but think..
Film in review – “Sabotage”
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..
Film in review – “Need For Speed”
“The woman was clever and beautiful, but the man was surly and mean” (1 Samuel 25: 3). Back when King David was..
Pastoral prayer (prepared for NEXT Church closing worship)
Gracious God, as we prepare to go out from this place: Help us to remember. That is our prayer as our attention..
What the Presbyterians got wrong on Israel (Commentary)
By Rick Jacobs NEW YORK (RNS) Some 2,000 years ago, a prospective Jew in ancient Israel asked Rabbi Hillel to teach him..
From Beacon Hill to ‘Bishop Bling,’ clergy housing faces new scrutiny
by David Gibson (RNS) Bye-bye, “Bishop Bling.” So long, “Pastor Perks.” The so-called “Francis effect” may be real, at least when it..
The river of God: Next Church conference contemplative worship
MINNEAPOLIS – The congregants sat during evening worship in the balcony, looking down over a river of blue fabric draped over the..
Pope Francis calls traditional marriage an icon of God’s love
by Josephine McKenna ROME (RNS) Pope Francis stressed the importance of marriage between a man and a woman at his general audience..
Be reconciled!
Katallagete! Be reconciled! Grace then gratitude… reconciliation then justice “All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and..
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