By Viola Larson, Naming His Grace blog. The Presbyterian Church (USA) is too often troubled by both universalism and pluralism. The former is a belief that all are saved by Jesus Christ whether called by some other faith such as Buddhism, or called by the name of Jesus Christ. The latter, pluralism, is the belief…
Something is not sitting well from the Thanksgiving fare offered on the Presbyterian Church (USA)’s official web site. It has commenters saying things like: With respect, I think it shows extraordinarily poor judgment for the web site of an officially Christian denomination to be promoting the practices and beliefs of another faith. My goodness, does…
In our postmodern and pluralistic world, the intersection of etiquette and religion can present challenges for the person who wants to be both polite and truthful. Indeed, the Apostle Paul tells us to “Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.” (Colossians…