The Seven Pillars of Creation: The Bible, Science, and the Ecology of Wonder- by William P. Brown
Oxford University Press, January, 2010. 352 pages, $29.95.
reviewed by D. Mark Davis
Bill Brown’s latest book strikes me as an invitation; specifically, an invitation to persons of Biblical faith and to persons devoted to science to communicate with one another as what he calls “cohorts of wonder.”
Thinking With The Church: Essays in Historical Theology- by B. A. Gerrish Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, 2010.
reviewed by Roger J. Gench
After You Believe: Why Christian Character Matters- by N.T. Wright New York: HarperOne, 2010. 307 pages.
reviewed by James Cubie
Time to break through denial.
“Due Date” is the “road movie” that takes a lot of left turns. It’s one of those “Odd Couple” arrangements, where Robert Downey Jr., plays the uptight, wound-up, fussbudget, and Zach Galifianakis plays the free spirit — ditzy, discombobulated, disheveled and somehow they wind up in a car together, traveling across the country.
“Morning Glory” is the kind of “chick flick” that is relatively safe for guys: the males are still secondary, but not insignificant. And though not intended as any kind of parable about church --- religion is never even mentioned --- it feels like many of the same dynamics, anyway.
Richmond pastor, Richard Haney, reflects on what was and wasn't a part of the recent Lausanne Congress in Cape Town, South Africa. If you missed his earlier reports from Cape Town, they are also available as Outlook blogs. Click here to read the full article.
Two weeks ago the Cape Town Congress on World Evangelization concluded and I arrived back home in Richmond, Va. Jet lag finally..
In a previous Outlook blog (“A Progressive Myth,” 10/4/10), I presented evidence that, contrary to claims by progressives in the sexuality debate,..
The Covenant Network of Presbyterians annual conference November 4-6, 2010 in Houston, Texas, became a family reunion of sorts as more than 200 people gathered to explore further the network's goal of working "toward a church as generous and just as God's grace."
BALTIMORE – What is the future in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) of presbyteries and synods?
Pamela Byers, who has served as executive director of the Covenant Network of Presbyterians since it was founded in 1997, has announced that she will retire next summer.
God Complex Radio has put up a discussion with Emergent Church author and consultant Brian McLaren at last summer's Church Unbound Conference..
“Pure Country 2: The Gift” is pure cornpone. At times it’s so awkward it’s embarrassing; at other times it feels like a two-hour country music video. But at its core it’s heartfelt, family-friendly, and religious, which couldn’t be all bad.
“Let him alone and let him curse, for God has told him to.” - 2 Samuel 16:11. Rare is the person who..
“Hereafter” promises a glimpse into the afterlife, but is strangely devoid of any kind of reference to any religion, including Christianity. So don’t expect any faith statements of any kind, other than some amorphous sort of ill-defined assumption that is a lot closer to the Biblical Sheol than anything resembling the heaven of the New Testament.
Today would be a good day to try your hand at a crossword puzzle, "Presbyterians and Politics."
Former PUP Task Force colleagues Mike Loudon and Mark Achtemeier have found many areas of agreement in their consideration of issues within the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Presbyterian pastor/hymn writer Carolyn Winfrey Gillette has a hymn-prayer for election times.
The old-timers, they are a-changin’. At least they’re dismantling stereotypes of the golden years. Good for them. Good for all of us.
Washington, D.C. (RNS) — Ancient Israelites drank not only wine but also beer, according to a Biblical scholar at Xavier University, a Roman Catholic school in Louisiana.
New York (ENI) — U.S. atheists and agnostics are among the groups that scored highest in a recent survey of knowledge of world religions by the Washington-based Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion and Public Life. U.S. Jews and Mormons also got top marks.
Kansas City (RNS) — Usually known for serving 24/7 breakfasts, the International House of Pancakes has instead served a lawsuit to the International House of Prayer, a Missouri church, for trademark infringement.
Washington, D.C. (RNS) —The number of people in poverty in America increased to its highest recorded point last year, and the poverty rate has risen to its highest level since 1994.
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