27 articles from 23 issues, 1995 to 2026 · Page 2 of 3
What does Jeremiah say to people who have dug broken cisterns for themselves? Lisa Van Riper reads the presbyteries’ approval of Amendment 10-A through the prophet, draws six principles for congregations, and offers a word of hope for those in exile.
What does an ancient wall-builder have to say to a denomination voting for the fourth time on the same question? Terry Schlossberg turns to Nehemiah’s strategy of lifting the people’s eyes from the rubble and urges a firm No on Amendment B.
What does 1 Samuel say to a church in a bleak season? James Edwards reads Israel’s low point under Eli and finds a small, steady lamp that has not gone out, the sign that God is still in the story and still at work.
What do you do when the church you love keeps being unfaithful? Faith Jongewaard retells Hosea’s marriage to Gomer and gives three reasons she will not leave the PC(USA): a call, imperfect alternatives, and a duty to those who cannot leave.
What happens to a church that treats the Bible like letters it no longer needs? Mary Holder Naegeli, drawing on Nehemiah 8, calls Presbyterians to read the Word aloud, explain it, and receive it again with joy.
Why do the Ten Commandments still matter 3,500 years after Sinai? Susan Cyre reads them as the words of a husband to his bride, set within God’s marriage covenant with Israel and Christ’s with the church, and shows how each Word shapes the way a wife responds to her Lord.
What should the church do while the Senate debates a marriage amendment? John T. Mabray calls Christians to repent first, then turns to Genesis 2, Calvin and Matthew Henry to show marriage as a holy bond that mirrors the love of the Trinity and of Christ for his church.
What happens when one generation of a church stops teaching the next? Theresa Ip Froehlich reads the book of Judges beside the PC(USA) today, and argues that congregations must teach doctrine and recover the Book of Confessions as their tool.
Why did the early church condemn a teacher who wanted a god of love and no law? Randall Otto traces Marcion’s views of God, salvation and Scripture and argues that the same spirit is at work in the church today.
What does it mean that a minister is given authority to “bear rule” in Christ’s church? Scott Starbuck recovers the Reformed doctrine of Christ’s three offices, defends the royal psalms against their critics, and argues that we share in Christ’s kingly rule.
What does it mean that humanity is made in the image of God? Scott Morschauser reads Genesis 1 against its ancient Near Eastern background and argues that the image is an office of covenant servanthood under God, fulfilled in the obedient Son.
What makes a human being human in an age of cloning and Mars rovers? James Edwards turns to Genesis 2:7 and argues that the image of God is the very breath of God in us, and that Jesus Christ alone bears it unbroken.
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