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Worship That Awakens
By Alan Noble
Instead of affirming visitors cultural expectations, we need liturgies that invite people to attend well, to perceive rightly, and to participate fully.
RTS Announces Scholarship to Encourage Women
By Natalie Atwell
This scholarship joins other efforts to equip women with biblical training, including a new Teaching Women to Teach module starting this fall.
The Persecuted Church and the African American Christian
By Zoe S. Erler
Suffering as a Christian in the persecuted church is not quite the same thing as the suffering experienced by black Christians in pre-Civil War America, but it’s not entirely separate.
“We’re all needy before God, and the more respectable you are, the harder it is to see it. But only when we embrace this can we honor everyone.”
Yes, in Our Neighborhood
By Natalie Atwell
After a few phone calls and a meeting with the playwrights, CityLife was set to host “Not in Our Neighborhood!” in the middle of its sold-out run at the Landmark Center.
Edith and Francis Schaeffer’s Ministry to Children
By Cynthia S. Fischer
The Schaeffers ministry to children holds many implications and admonitions for the church today.
What’s so Wonderful (and Dangerous) About Sports?
By Dan Doriani
If you suspect that your allegiance is too strong, ask yourself if you can honestly say: My team could move to another state or vanish entirely, and it would hardly be a problem.
Human Flourishing and a Biblical Story of Change
By Brian Fikkert and Kelly Kapic
The solution to America’s unhappiness is not more stuff, but grasping the biblical idea of what it means for humans to flourish.
At the 47th General Assembly in June, Dr. L. Roy Taylor, who has served as stated clerk since 1998, announced that he plans to retire after the 2020 General Assembly. The Administrative Committee has provided resources for anyone interested in applying for the position, nominating a candidate, or contacting the search committee. The Stated Clerk…
Ballads from the Catacomb
By Zoe S. Erler
“We’re all criminals. We’re all in need of redemption.”




