Thinking With The Church: Essays in Historical Theology
Thinking With The Church: Essays in Historical Theology- by B. A. Gerrish Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, 2010.
reviewed by Roger J. Gench
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After You Believe: Why Christian Character Matters
After You Believe: Why Christian Character Matters- by N.T. Wright New York: HarperOne, 2010. 307 pages.
reviewed by James Cubie
We know why
Time to break through denial.
Films in review: “Due Date” and “Inside Job”
“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.
Film in review: “Morning Glory”
“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.
Haney’s concluding report from Cape Town
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.
Cape Town conclusions
Two weeks ago the Cape Town Congress on World Evangelization concluded and I arrived back home in Richmond, Va. Jet lag finally..
Same-gender marriage in ancient Rome
In a previous Outlook blog (“A Progressive Myth,” 10/4/10), I presented evidence that, contrary to claims by progressives in the sexuality debate,..
Covenant Network conference considers “Celebrating the Whole Household of God”
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."
Lindner, Small challenge MGB commission to find new “patterns of mutuality”
BALTIMORE – What is the future in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) of presbyteries and synods?
Byers retiring as executive director of Covenant Network
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.
COGA writes off $315,000 in ‘uncollectible’ per capita
McLaren radio discussion available
God Complex Radio has put up a discussion with Emergent Church author and consultant Brian McLaren at last summer's Church Unbound Conference..
Film in review: “Pure Country 2: The Gift”
“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.
Hearing God in the angry voices
“Let him alone and let him curse, for God has told him to.” - 2 Samuel 16:11. Rare is the person who..
Film in review: “Hereafter”
“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.
Presbyterians and Politics
Today would be a good day to try your hand at a crossword puzzle, "Presbyterians and Politics."
Amendment 10-A: Yes or No?
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.)
A hymn-prayer for elections
Presbyterian pastor/hymn writer Carolyn Winfrey Gillette has a hymn-prayer for election times.
New breed of old-timers
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.
U.S. scholar says Israelites drank beer as well as wine
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.
Atheists score high in U.S. religion survey
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.
IHOP, the restaurant, sues IHOP, the church
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.
Banks Report finds spike in U.S. poverty levels
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.
Buzz builds around new, unofficial saint of the abused
Vatican City (RNS) — Mother Mary MacKillop, a 19th-century Australian nun who was canonized on Oct. 17, is being touted by some Catholics as the Patron Saint of Whistleblowers.
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