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OUTLOOK WEBINAR — UNBINDING GENEROSITY

Attention Pastors, Stewardship committee members, ALL Christians!!!

 OUTLOOK WEBINARUNBINDING GENEROSITY

 

 Jesus unbound Lazarus from the tomb — he called him from death to life. Our culture of plenty binds us. The attitude that ‘more is better’ governs our lives. Reclaim the Spirit's power in our lives.

Take this opportunity to explore how we can unbind our generosity – unbind the generosity of our fellow church members, too! -- and make a difference with the lives that we have been given. Our Webinar leader will be Laura Mendenhall, senior philanthropy advisor for the Texas Presbyterian Foundation; former president of Columbia Theological Seminary, and former pastor of Westminster Church, Austin, Texas.

 

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News & Analysis

New Blog: What could be more American? by David True

What does the controversy over the "Ground Zero Mosque" say about our American values and heritage? Blogger David True asks, What could be more American?...

- Wednesday, 8 September 2010

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New Blog: Burning Books Burns Bridges by Winfield Casey Jones

Texas pastor Winfield Casey Jones posted his convictions about burning the Quran on both his church's sign, and on the Outlook blog page.  Click here...

- Wednesday, 8 September 2010

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New Blog: Jesus and Muhammad by Tom Hobson

The new "Presbyterian Bible Junkie" blog post by Tom Hobson was posted today — "Jesus and Muhammad." Check it out on the Outlook blog...

- Tuesday, 7 September 2010

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River of Jesus’ baptism “too polluted” for pilgrims

JERUSALEM — (ENI) Health concerns relating to water quality have triggered an environmental advocacy group to call for the banning of baptisms in the lower...

- Sunday, 5 September 2010

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EPC makes allowances for ordination of women

The 30th General Assembly of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC), meeting in Englewood, Colo., has voted to ease restrictions on the ordination of women as...

- Sunday, 5 September 2010

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More in: News & Analysis, GA 2008, GA 2010

Reports & Resources

Sunday attendance: A sign, not a crisis

This question began as a Facebook exchange.

Tom Ehrich, Church Wellness - Sunday, 5 September 2010

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How the mighty fall

Jim Collins has written a new book called How the Mighty Fall (c. 2009 by Jim Collins; distributed by HarperCollins). Collins looks at businesses and...

Harry J. Heintz - Monday, 23 August 2010

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An almost perfect game

It is a hard to imagine that it’s only happened 20 times in the 135-year history of major league baseball. A perfect game. No hits,...

Matthew A. Rich - Monday, 23 August 2010

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Unfettered exploration, bold proclamation

Recently I attended the sixth grade Renaissance Fair at Springfield Middle School. It was quite the event with hundreds of eleven- and twelve-year-olds dressed in...

Jill Duffield - Monday, 23 August 2010

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Pulpiteer, entrepreneur

Members and officers, my word to you is this: be entrepreneurs.

Tom Ehrich, Church Wellness - Monday, 23 August 2010

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More in: Advent, Lenten Resources, For Church Officers, Presbyterian Heritage Articles, Church Wellness Project, Lent

 

Opinion

re: GA Fidelity/Chastity Vote (published August 9, 2010)

\I'm saddened every time I see another article in the Outlook on the gender issue. I wonder if Jesus would be similarly appalled if he witnessed his followers torn asunder. What would he say?As a "moderate," I try to find ways to compromise and to reconcile opposing factions. I've concluded the real hang-up is the word marriage. If we all could agree to reserve "marriage" for man-woman relationships, would it take some of the emotion out of the equation? If we talked about same-sex "alliances" or "unions," instead of "marriages," wouldn't the vast majority of us recognize and give some...

Reuben Bareis - Wednesday, 8 September 2010

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re: GA Fidelity/Chastity Vote (published August 9, 2010)

Mr. Flaniken, thank you for telling us the truth. Yes, as sad as it is for me to say this, the PC(USA) is in a tsunami of moral decay and headed toward apostasy. It is ironic that most people in the pews know very well what the Bible says about human sexuality. It is the clergy, for the most part, who are the ones who are voting for these radical measures to be passed. One colleague told me that the people in the pews don’t care. I find that very difficult to believe. The fact is that many clergy do...

Patricia Slomanski - Tuesday, 7 September 2010

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Everybody’s doing it

So Anne Rice — vampire novelist turned recommitted, Jesus-loving Christian — has quit the church, and the blogosphere has gone viral. What’s the big deal? Everybody’s doing it.

- Sunday, 5 September 2010

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Re: A great place to visit (pub. July 26, 2010)

Thanks, Jack, for sharing your experience on the West Bank. More Presbyterians need to make trips to the places you went in order to better understand the situation. It does not happen on those Jewish tour guide trips. I know because that was also my first experience. I learned much about holy sites and nothing about the Palestinian plight, much about old dead stones and nothing about living, breathing children of God. That didn't come until my second trip to Israel and Palestine with the PC(USA).To answer your question … will we endorse the Palestinian (right of return), while knowing...

Jeffrey DeYoe Sr. - Sunday, 5 September 2010

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Re: Who will be the last Presbyterian? (pub. July 26, 2010)

As I read the article by Bill Tammeus in his “ideas for turning this ship around” sound like a Presbyterian vaccination against the irrelevancy virus that is afflicting most mainline denominations. Trouble is the writer wants to inoculate the church against Christian faith that demands repentance, humility, obedience, and reliance on the power of God to transform. In place of the historic Christian faith he wants to put his thinly disguised political agenda, or what the writer euphemistically calls “faith's eternal values.” The first of those values is, of course: “The fight over gays and lesbians is over.” Outlook readers...

Karl E. McDonald - Sunday, 5 September 2010

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