Just say the word - Calvinism - and you will draw frowns. When John L. Thompson's daughter brought home her civics textbook a few years ago, he noticed there was a short section on John Calvin, the ...

The Journal of Presbyterian History is intended to inform, nurture, and promote among its readers an understanding and appreciation of religious history (specifically Presbyterian and Reformed history ...

Were it not for the political wrangling over whether he is a hero or a traitor, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who arrived in San Antonio early Friday, might well be held up as a classic example of the religious ...

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Ruth Carey: Parishioner at First Presbyterian Church of Johnstown and chairwoman for the church's 250th anniversary celebration committee. Background: Born and raised in western Pennsylvania and a ...

For the first time in three centuries. Presbyterians are substantially altering their confession of faith. A new creed has been drawn up by a committee of United Presbyterian pastors and theologians, ...

In an oft-told version of the story, Christianity is given much of the blame for our current environmental crisis. The belief in a transcendent creator God, together with the theological claim that we ...

For the past nearly five centuries, Protestant Christians have lined up on opposite sides of a debate about the free will of man vs. the sovereignty of God. It’s a debate heard more often in the ...