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Article Bible Study: Week of September 11, 2011
- By Keeping Holy Time
- Posted on August 20th, 2011
Old Testament: Exodus 14:19-31 The story of the crossing of the Yam Suph (the Sea of Reeds) is filled with nice dramatic touches. Note (verses 19-20) that the angel of God went…
Article Silence is Golden
- By Karla M. Kincannon
- Posted on August 20th, 2011
Have you ever noticed the cacophony of sounds in many Protestant worship services? Words are spoken, sung, whispered, prayed, and shouted. Music rocks the walls, elevating…
Article Now that I've Almost Died
- By Steve Cordle
- Posted on August 19th, 2011
It was the first beautiful Saturday of the Spring, the kind of day we in Pittsburgh dream about all winter. I was in my car on the way to the gym for a quick work out before our…
Article Rx for Mother Earth: How the Planet's Health is Affecting Our Own
- By Rebekah Simon-Peter
- Posted on August 19th, 2011
About a year ago, my husband Jerry and I flew halfway around the world to the hot, humid islands of the Philippines. We were on our way to meet 16-year old Fad, a young woman we…
Article Seminary Preps Pastors for Laity's Big Questions
- By Jason Byassee
- Posted on August 19th, 2011
Like many with a stake in both the church and the academy, I read the Rev. Sky McCracken’s commentary on the "failure of theological schools" with more than a little…
Article Slavery and Denominational Schism
- By Bill J. Leonard
- Posted on August 18th, 2011
"Had the holding of slaves been a moral evil, it cannot be supposed, that the inspired Apostles, who feared not the faces of men, and were ready to lay down their lives in the…