Shall the Presbyterian Church (USA) continue its membership in the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice? That was the question and it came to the 222nd General Assembly meeting in Portland, Ore., in the form of a Commissioner’s Resolution (CR). The CR on the proposed withdrawal of the PCUSA from the RCRC came to committee #10…
Every life, no matter how brief or how long, arrives at the entrance of the valley of the shadow of death. We walk into that valley – and through that valley – and out of that valley – by faith. We do not walk in fear because we do not walk through the valley alone….
The smaller the world becomes, the more people we know and the longer we live, the greater our awareness of death. We have witnessed executions on foreign sands. We have seen the small lifeless body of a boy on a beach. We felt the national loss of a Supreme Court Justice. Closer to home, two…
Click here for the audio (MP3) of our January 19, 2016 “Conversation with Carmen” conference call During the call, Carmen addressed: The President’s proclamation of a national “Religious Liberty” day and the rise of persecution of Christians around the world. Currently, on average, one Christian is killed every hour of every day for the sake of Jesus…
By Ronald G. Davis John, in his Gospel, borrows the beautiful image of God that permeates the Scriptures: God is our shepherd. And that image may be the most common symbolic image reproduced through the Christian era. From mosaics in the second-century catacomb resting places of those first Christians in Rome to magnificent stained-glass windows…
By Sami K. Martin Rick Warren has issued a memo to his congregation at Saddleback Church, thanking them for their overwhelming support during a time of “anguished grief” at the loss of his son, Matthew. It was announced on Saturday that Warren’s son took his own life after suffering from mental illness for most of…