According to individualistic Christianity, Christians find reconciliation with God through their own efforts alone. Because of this Christians can miss out on the richness of the Christian faith and our historic connection with ancient Israel.
We look around the world and easily see that things are not as they should be. Something has gone terribly wrong with how God made the world to be.
What does it mean to be created in the “image of God?” Rev. Dr. Richard Topping considers the way we think about our humanity—and each other.
Credo—I believe. Our official statement of belief begins boldly with a chapter on its basic premise, the doctrine of God.
Faith is an audacious act of the imagination in which we speak about God as if God really exists. Imagination is not a fanciful denial of reality. It can be holy.
As believers, we’re all called to ministry. We’re all called to enter into Christ’s work. So why go beyond that? Why have ministers? Why have elders?
The “little green book” can be found in church pews and ministers’ studies across the country. But what does this confessional statement mean for us today? How does Living Faith speak to us in the midst of an ever-changing world?
Do Christians really need the church’s help to interpret the Bible?
Msgr. Charles Pope of the Archdiocese of Washington makes a point with which I almost agree.
Confessions can be dangerous things. Charles Fensham reflects on what it means to follow the Way of Christ—and to believe in words written on a prison wall.
The 16th – century Reformers—Luther, Calvin, Zwingli, Knox and others—were derisively nicknamed, “the Sola – ists.” They distilled the essence of the gospel in five […]
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It was disappearing like popcorn. In a split second there was nothing left but an empty box. People walked away happily. In another location, a […]
The 16th – century reformers—Luther, Calvin, Zwingli, Knox and others—were derisively nicknamed, “the Sola – ists.” They distilled the essence of the gospel in five […]
“We preach the gospel daily and sometimes we use words.” This is an expression repeated frequently at Yonge Street Mission where I minister. No matter […]
Ministry is a churchy word used regularly but imprecisely. More often than not, Presbyterians use it to describe what clergy do. If done well, such […]
The Old Testament has a lot to say to these questions. When we read these ancient scriptures we find a variety of stories, poems, prophecies […]
Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust Him for His grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face. —William Cowper Understanding […]
Providence. The very word sounds old – fashioned, perhaps a bit out of touch and even boring. Maybe people used to talk that way, but […]