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April Yamasaki's favorite books for ministry
What are the best books for ministry written in the 21st century? We asked seven pastors to pick their favorites. — Ed....
American Apocalypse, by Matthew Avery Sutton
Why do most white evangelicals vote Republican? How has this affected Republican politics? Matthew Sutton gives us our first good account of how and why evangelical political views developed the way they did. Three elements were crucial—premillennial eschatology, World War I, and the Puritan heritage.
In Israel, biblical land-use laws call for creative workarounds
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Putting away the silver
"After we receive the bread, we're gonna go to the kitchen," he said. "We have cheese pizza tonight."
The jester and the editor
In two weeks, Penguin Press will publish acclaimed television writer and producer Norman Lear’s autobiography, ...
Praise or blame, all the same
A recent article in the NYT, "Learning to Love Criticism," discusses a Fortune.com study of performance reviews, which shows that women are criticized more severely, and in more personal ways, than are men. In other words: it’s not our imagination!
Haïm Korsia's solidarity
In case you missed this last week: Haïm Korsia, the recently elected chief rabbi of France, used the occasion of an event commemmorating Holocaust victims to ...
Otis Moss III's favorite books for ministry
What are the best books for ministry written in the 21st century? We asked seven pastors to pick their favorites. — Ed....
Religion, Race, and the Making of Confederate Kentucky, 1830-1880, by Luke E. Harlow and The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Emancipation, by David Brion Davis
Why did northern whites support a limited set of rights for blacks during Reconstruction, but then abandon them in the 1870s, and do little to stop the racial violence of the 1880s and beyond? Two new books shed important new light on such questions.
Sunday, October 12, 2014
The story of the golden calf is a parody of Israelite idolatry.
Museum of the Bible aims for timeless name, imagery
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WASHINGTON (RNS) Museum of the Bible.
That’s it....
Religious leaders try to cope with Islamic State attacks
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(RNS) Religious leaders agree the Islamic State—also known as ISIL or ISIS—must be stopped. Their struggle is how best to do it....
Most full-time faculty at Episcopal seminary in conflict with school’s leadership
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One store, many churches: Bookseller Byron Borger
"I suppose some liturgical types don't like our Amish novels, and some evangelicals are perplexed by our Catholic stuff. But it used to be worse."
Look at how we kill you
Sunday morning, as I was doing the final edit on my sermon, I flitted briefly to web-based news sources to check in on the world....
LaSalle Street Church makes use of abundance
The point isn't the money; it's the risk.
Becca Stevens's favorite books for ministry
What are the best books for ministry written in the 21st century? We asked seven pastors to pick their favorites. — Ed....
America’s Pastor, by Grant Wacker
Let it be said at once: this is the best book ever written about Billy Graham. I found this an absolutely captivating book and have read every word, including the footnotes.
North Dakota oil boom offers mission field
Sven Hauge goes every Thursday to the “man camps” surrounding the oil fields near Williston, North Dakota, and holds worship services that feature preaching, praying, and singing....