In daily life, healthy division is unavoidable. Theological disagreement need not be divisive, need not entail unhealthy division, and need not result in disunity. To preserve unity will require focused effort on the part of all parties in this discussion. May God help us to keep in step with the Holy Spirit who is our source of unity.

The Christian Education and Publications Committee of the Presbyterian Church in America (www.pcacep.org) is seeking a Coordinator (executive officer) to give creative leadership for the agency and its programs.  The office is in Lawrenceville, GA.  An acceptable applicant must be (or become) a PCA Teaching Elder (minister). Job Summary To serve as the Coordinator (CEO)... Continue Reading

This “possibly dangerous event” is on a collision course with spiritual reality The Episcopal Church hangs in the balance. Will The Episcopal Church survive the actions of this Convention? Each Convention charts a new course through unmapped lands and uncharted waters. The casualties could be high with the bodies and souls of the people in... Continue Reading

Spuhler McCabe believed that as a pastor in the PCUSA, she embodied a reality faced by what she described as “a growing number of pastors who find ourselves caught between the desire to stand with couples in sacred moments and having a polity that restricts us from living out our calling.” PITTSBURGH, Pa – Amidst... Continue Reading

Nettles said Southern Baptists have come full circle in their renewed interest in Calvinist views, also known as Reformed Theology or the Doctrines of Grace. When Southern Baptists formed in 1845 for cooperative missions and then moved into theological education and publishing literature, he said, the first thing they did was to solidify their understanding of salvation through “confessional Calvinism.”

It is incumbent upon all Southern Baptists that we study the Word of God clearly to see what it says about the salvation given to us by our Lord Jesus Christ. Let us be peaceful, Christ-like in our discussions, but let us be diligent in our study."

Defeated by the 20-member Carrollton Presbyterian Church of New Orleans at trial, appellate and state Supreme Court levels, the PCUSA Presbytery of South Louisiana (PSL) is seeking U.S. Supreme Court intervention.

Pastor: Well, we have the Westminster Confession of Faith and Catechisms, even though they predate theistic evolution. We tried to have a statement declaring the special creation of Adam passed at the national level of the denomination, but that failed. Now we’ll have to wait to see if anyone teaches theistic evolution and then wait for a judicial case to be decided for there to be anything definitive.

Despite their theological differences, colonial Americans shared a singular doctrine about the nature of religious faith: It could not be imposed by force but must be embraced freely by the mind and conscience of the believer

(New President) Morsi represents a conservative, fundamentalist strain in the Muslim Brotherhood and has openly advocated for conforming civil legislation to Islamic law. Isobel Coleman of the Council on Foreign Relations wrote that Morsi “openly endorses a strict Islamic vision.”