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Presbycars

Ever gone to a presbytery meeting and wondered before you got out of the car who you might encounter? Here is a cheat sheet that will help prepare you to identify who is attending by checking the kinds of cars in the parking lot.

Luke: The Gospel of Amazement

by Michael Card
InterVarsity Press. 272 pages. Includes CD.

reviewed by ANDREW NAGEL

I once joked that I would not pay attention to the political opinions of musicians, nor would I listen to the musical opinions of politicians.

…Always being reformed

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Office of the General Assembly)  Last month I attended the Fellowship of Presbyterians gathering in Minneapolis. I think it’s fair to say that the organizers of the event are driven by concerns over the effect of the new ordination standard in the Book of Order – G-2.0101b – as well as by how the church in general can proclaim the gospel both effectively and with integrity in the 21st century. With nearly 2,000 in attendance, obviously the issues and concerns raised by the organizers struck a chord in many.

Crazy Presidents

What crazy person would accept the call to be president of a Presbyterian seminary in this present, precarious environment?

John Stott Dies

John Stott, an English evangelical who helped introduce the world to the global scope of the Christian movement and is considered one of the most influential evangelicals of his generation, died July 27 in Lingfield, Surrey, England.

RISING TO THE FIRST-CALL CHALLENGE

You’ve mastered Greek parsing, decoded Hebrew, passed your ordination exams and now are dreaming in the confusing acronymic language that is seeking a first call: With the approval of my CPM, I’m self-referring my PIF to the PNC after reading their CIF on the CLC … .

Worship Matters

by Jane Rogers Vann
Westminster John Knox Press, Louisville, Ky. 152 pages
REVIEWED BY JUDITH FULP-EICKSTAEDT


“People of faith are hungry for encounters with God in their congregations and for ways more thoroughly to absorb and be changed by those encounters. It is for these congregations that I write.”

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