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Today's daily reading from the Study Catechism
on the PC(USA) web site offers this interesting (and approved!)
statement of what we believe.
Thursday, 19 April 2001
Question 51. How will God
deal with the followers of other religions?
God has made salvation available to all human beings
through Jesus Christ, crucified and risen. How God will deal with those
who do not know or follow Christ, but who follow another tradition, we
cannot finally say. We can say, however, that God is gracious and
merciful, and that God will not deal with people in any other way than
we see in Jesus Christ, who came as the Savior of the world.
Rev. 7:9 "And there was a great
multitude that no one could count, from every nation, from all tribes
and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the
Lamb, robed in white, with palm branches in their hands."
Ps. 103:8 "The Lord is merciful and
gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love."
John 3:19 "And this is the judgment,
that the light has come into the world, and people loved darkness
rather than light because their deeds were evil."
Titus 2:11 "For the grace of God has
appeared, bringing salvation to all."
Thanks to the Rev. Rollin Kirk, who noted this reading
in the WITHERSPOON MEMBERS meeting on PresbyNet.
You might want to look at Aurelia
Fule's thoughtful essay on this topic, too.
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Some blogs worth visiting |
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Voices of Sophia blog
Heather Reichgott, who has created this new blog
for Voices of Sophia, introduces it:
After fifteen years of scholarship and activism,
Voices of Sophia presents a blog. Here, we present the voices of
feminist theologians of all stripes: scholars, clergy, students,
exiles, missionaries, workers, thinkers, artists, lovers and
devotees, from many parts of the world, all children of the God in
whose image women are made. .... This blog seeks to glorify God
through prayer, work, art, and intellectual reflection. Through
articles and ensuing discussion we hope to become an active and
thoughtful community. |
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Witherspoon’s Facebook page
Mitch Trigger, Witherspoon’s
Secretary/Communicator, has created a Facebook page where
Witherspoon members and others can gather to exchange news and
views. Mitch and a few others have posted bits of news, both
personal and organizational. But there’s room for more!
You can post your own news and views, or initiate
a conversation about a topic of interest to you. |
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John Harris’ Summit to Shore blogspot
Theological and philosophical reflections on
everything between summit to shore, including kayaking, climbing,
religion, spirituality, philosophy, theology, politics, culture,
travel, The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), New York City and the
Queens neighborhood of Ridgewood by a progressive New York City
Presbyterian Pastor. John is a former member of the Witherspoon
board, and is designated pastor of North Presbyterian Church in
Flushing, NY. |
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John
Shuck’s Shuck and Jive
A Presbyterian minister, currently serving as
pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Elizabethton, Tenn., blogs
about spirituality, culture, religion (both organized and
disorganized), life, evolution, literature, Jesus, and lightening
up. |
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Got more blogs to recommend?
Please
send a note, and we'll see what we can do! |
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Plan now for our 2010 Ghost Ranch
Seminar!
GHOST RANCH SEMINAR
July 26-August 1, 2010
WE’RE
ALL IN THIS TOGETHER
CONFRONTING THE STRUCTURES OF INJUSTICE |
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