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Editor’s Note: While many church members, pastors, and other leaders within mainline churches are personally opposed to abortion, the mainline church as a whole has a sad record of voicing concern for the poor, powerless and voiceless outside the womb while turning a willfully blind eye towards the violence of abortion and supporting it as [...]

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While the advocates of progressive theology like to characterize “fundamentalists” as “arrogant”, there’s a movement afoot to promote a “Humble Orthodoxy” and it’s attracting thousands of young people.
Given that the United Church of Christ ostensibly united the reformed people in two major branches of the reformation church (the Congregationalists and the Evangelical & Reformed Church), [...]

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Many UCC and “mainline” churches feel themselves to be weak and powerless. Even when the problem isn’t defective theology, it may entail a decided lack of faith in God’s power to work through such a small number. The sense of futility is heightened whenever small, struggling (for now) churches, compare themselves to mega churches. After [...]

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Editor’s Note: Sadly Rev. John Thomas has called for a “Sacred Conversation on Race” to be held on Trinity Sunday. The only hope for the human community is to enter into union and communion with the Triune God exclusively through Jesus Christ. Why? Because the Holy Trinity - in the mysterious union of the [...]

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Luke and Me
After completing three articles on Luke inspired by reading Taylor Caldwell’s “Dear and Glorious Physician” historical novel about Luke, I turn now to sharing decades of memories with regard to the author of a Gospel and the Book of Acts.
I think I first read Luke and Acts during my sophomore year of High [...]

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Editor’s Note: This is an open letter from Dr. Robert Gagnon of Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, a PCUSA institution. The original may be found here. It responds to a dangerous new trend of punishing Blacks who speak out when they do not appreciate having their struggle against racism equated with with efforts to promote the [...]

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Luke: A Man for All Nations
On page 525 of Taylor Caldwell’s historical novel about Luke, the author has Luke meeting with the brothers Zebedee James and John. At one point John says, “‘It is commanded of us that we must bring the tidings to all the nations of the world.’”
Luke replies, “‘I am [...]

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Editor’s Note: This article (c) 2008 by the U.S. Center for World Mission and is reprinted with permission of the Global Prayer Digest. To subscribe to this daily prayer update for unreached people groups, you may send an email to subscribe to: subscribe-brigada-pubs-globalprayerdiges@hub.xc.org
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