A Prayer for Sandy Hook and for Us All Kevin DeYoung With so many in our nation thinking now of weighty things, give us ears to hear what is true and what leads to eternal life. May this evil be a reminder of our own depravity. May these deaths remind us of our own mortality.... Continue Reading

On Monday, December 17, from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m., there will be a gathering/visitation open to everyone at Old Peachtree Presbyterian Church in Duluth, Georgia.  A memorial/celebration will follow at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday morning   Thomas R. Patete, longtime Executive Director of Great Commission Publications (GCP), went to be with the Lord on December 14,... Continue Reading

A memorial service will be held Saturday, December 15, at 1:00 p.m., at First Presbyterian Church of Arlington, Va.

“President Lincoln worshiped regularly at NY Avenue Presbyterian Church during the American Civil War. Lincoln and Rev. Gurley developed a relationship in which they frequently discussed theology, and those discussions and Gurley’s sermons likely influenced Lincoln’s perception of the war and its meaning for the nation. Gurley presided over the funeral of Lincoln’s son, William... Continue Reading

In her petition, Rhonda Hunter submitted photos of bruises on her arms she said Isaac caused during an argument at their Winter Park home on Feb. 13, 2011. She said Isaac kicked in a locked bedroom door, held her down on a bed by the arms and yelled obscenities at her….A month later…Rhonda Hunter said... Continue Reading

The play may owe one of its biggest debt to Choi's church, Grace Toronto (a congregation of the Presbyterian Church in America. Calling itself "a church for the city in the city," in highly secular Toronto, the church pledged the rehearsal space and financial support for a weeklong workshop in 2009. With Grace Toronto dollars, Choi hired professional actors to rehearse the script and stage a public reading of the play, a process that proved critical to revising the script and no doubt contributed to its success.

But Christianity and its religious counterparts were not developed with just the present generation in mind, kinetic as it is in style and digital in its favored literary constructions. The inherited forms, though in need of revision, in any case often speak with an authenticity that demands some patience, while the quickly formulated and celebrity-endorsed versions may go as they came.

In 2010, Brubeck’s 90th year, his quartet won DownBeat magazine’s readers’ poll as the best group in jazz—57 years after the original Dave Brubeck Quartet won the same award.

John can tell boyhood stories about setting up chairs for worship services in rented halls and of meeting for Sunday school classes in the stairwells of borrowed bank buildings in Dayton, Columbus, and Mansfield, Ohio.

A debate on creationism and evolution was stirred up earlier this year after scientist Bill Nye released a video titled "Creationism Is Not Appropriate For Children", where he argued that it is dangerous to believe the earth is only 6,000 or 10,000 years old.