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Be emboldened by virtues of murdered judges to dispense justice fairly - Moderator
7+ hour, 43+ min ago (498+ words) The Right Reverend Dr Abraham Nana Opare Kwakye, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, said: "The annual remembrance of the judges was justified because they served with dignity, courage and impartiality, leaving a legacy worthy of emulation." "These judges…...
Freedom's Peril & Promise
19+ hour, 50+ min ago (946+ words) The Living Church Freedom's Peril & Promise Please email comments to letters@livingchurch. org. On March 23, 1775, the Second Virginia Convention reached a defining moment. Gathered at St. John's Church in Richmond, the convention had spent several days debating whether Virginians should…...
Democracy and prophetic witness
1+ day, 45+ min ago (423+ words) This is the10th in a BNG series of articles on Christianity and democracy that will lead toward the July 4 celebration of America's 250th birthday. The series has been curated by Carol Mc Entyre, senior minister at First Baptist Church of Greenville, S. C. Recently,…...
Dorothy Day: Catholic Worker founder pioneered a faith-based alternative to secularist progressivism
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (946+ words) (OSV News) " In one of his more snarky stories about clerical life " it's called "The Forks" " the American Catholic writer J. F. Powers capsulizes the fraught relationship between a stuffy, self-important pastor and his young curate in a single, prickly sentence: "He…...
Keeping a Republic: A 250th Birthday Meditation
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (141+ words) Taken together, the truths explicitly claimed or implied by the Declaration of Independence are summed up in this master truth: Only a virtuous people can live freedom so that individuals flourish in a society of solidarity. Only a virtuous people…...
PC(USA) General Assembly 227 votes to approve all Committee on Constitutional Interpretation recommendations
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (1662+ words) The 227th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church U. S. A. meeting in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Monday, June 29, acted on several items of business that affect or make changes to its Book of Order. Recommendations from the General Assembly Committee on Constitutional Interpretation (CON)…...
New Light Family Values: Sex & Salvation in Revolutionary New England
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (302+ words) During the past half century, Protestant evangelical Christianity has become synonymous with conservative social issues. From abortion to same-sex marriage, contemporary evangelicals seem singularly focused on regulating the reproductive bodies and sexual practices of their neighbors and fellow citizens. But…...
FIRST-PERSON: Laboring for the overturning of Obergefell | Perspectives | kentuckytoday. com
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (153+ words) Editor's Note: The following is an excerpt from "Reaching Ge" Every year around the Fourth of July, especially this year o" Nathan Finn is driven by a calling to advance the kingdom through three overlapping priorities: to equip Christians to…...
Remembering Bishop Emerson Moore, a Black Catholic who battled fame, drugs, and HIV/AIDS
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (1751+ words) A retrospective look at the Archdiocese of New York's only Black bishop, remembered both as a rising star and a story of tragedy. In the autumn of 1979, Pope St. John Paul II visited New York, including a stop at St....