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Meet Your {Awesome} Blog Team

Following a brief post-Easter respite, we're back on schedule and taking a moment to introduce you to the writing team.
It was a turbulent Lenten season, followed by a triumphant Easter, and then came a brief (and well-deserved) break. Now we're back on track and ready to write. Who's ready?… http://www.northparkpres.org/blog/meet-your-awesome-blog-team/

Presbyterian Mission at Work

Meet Melissa and Charles Johnson, missionaries halfway through their four-year service commitment in Lundazi, Zambia.
On September 29th Melissa and Charles Johnson, Presbyterian Mission co-workers in Zambia, visited NorthPark Presbyterian Church. They are halfway through their four-year service co… http://www.northparkpres.org/blog/presbyterian-mission-work/

BIG Celebration!

We invite you to come celebrate with us and join us on our journey, hoping and praying as the Lord leads us to new endeavors.
When we read Joshua 4:1-14, we learn of the experience of the nation of Israel crossing the Jordan River and finally entering the Promised Land. This was the pinnacle of their … http://www.northparkpres.org/blog/big-celebration/

Barth & The Confessing Church

“Barth” is pronounced “Bart” much like everyone’s favorite Simpson, but Karl wasn't the type to get upset over mispronunciations.
Karl Barth is considered by many to be the most influential theologian of the 20th century. So first of all, “Barth” is pronounced “Bart” much like everyone’s favorite Simpson. If … http://www.northparkpres.org/blog/barth-the-confessing-church/

Bonhoeffer: Model of Christian Witness

This 20th century reformer is widely considered an exemplar of religious courage and creativity.
The church has three possible ways it can act against the state. First, it can ask the state if its actions are legitimate. Second, it can aid the victims of the state action. The… http://www.northparkpres.org/blog/bonhoeffer-model-christian-witness/

Powerful Preacher, Courageous Reformer

It has been said of John Knox, he was a man "who neither flattered nor feared any flesh."
John Knox is best known as one of the founders of the Presbyterian Church, so he is a major player in our church history. It is generally thought that John Knox was born in 1514 … http://www.northparkpres.org/blog/powerful-preacher-courageous-reformer/

The Intersection of Religion & Secular Life

Rev. Barbara Brown Taylor presents theology in an easily accessible style, while calling the church to minister to those in crisis.
Congrats, NorthPark! You’ve made it to 695,000 minutes of service, which brings us to the level of our next great reformer, Rev. Barbara Brown Taylor. Rev. Taylor was ordained to… http://www.northparkpres.org/blog/the-intersection-religion-secular-life/

Rejecting Restraints

Rev. Harry Emerson Fosdick served as a beacon of hope for thousands of Christians in America.
In the early part of last century, Harry Emerson Fosdick, emerged as the greatest preacher of the modernist movement, which rejected the theological, biblical and spiritual restrai… http://www.northparkpres.org/blog/rejecting-restraints/

The Theologian’s Theologian

H. Richard Niebuhr and his five archetypes for how Christianity interacts with our world.
It has been said that H. Richard Niebuhr (September 3, 1894 – July 5, 1962) was out to reform the church while his older brother Reinhold Niebuhr was out to reform our politics. Wh… http://www.northparkpres.org/blog/the-theologians-theologian/

Reformed Theologian, Jürgen Moltmann

Through his writings, he urges the reader to view the present through the lens of the future; making the hope of the future, the hope of today.
Jürgen Moltmann was born on April 8, 1926 in Hamburg, Germany. He grew up in a secular family, and enjoyed reading the works of German idealists such as Lessing, Goethe, and Nietzs… http://www.northparkpres.org/blog/reformed-theologian-jurgen-moltmann/

The First Lady of Austin College

Meet Sarah Bernice Moseley, the first woman elected Moderator of the PCUS General Assembly in 1978.
Sarah Bernice Moseley was born on August 9, 1917. She grew up in Anson, Texas and graduated from Texas State College, now known as Texas Woman’s University. A few years after marry… http://www.northparkpres.org/blog/the-first-lady-austin-college/

The Preceptor of Germany: Philip Melanchthon

Leader of the German Reformation movement and dear friend to Martin Luther.
Philip Melanchthon was born Philipp Schwartzerd in Brettan, Germany on February 15, 1497. His parents, Barbara Reuter and Georg Schwartzerd were deeply pious people who transmitted… http://www.northparkpres.org/blog/the-preceptor-germany-philip-melanchthon/

Rachel Henderlite: Presbyterian Trailblazer

Continuing our reformer series, Ty Gomez details the history of Rev. Henderlite, the first woman ordained in the Presbyterian Church.
Rachel Henderlite was born in 1905. The child of a Presbyterian minister, she graduated from Agnes Scott College in 1928. Her education was prolonged due to bouts with tuberculosis… http://www.northparkpres.org/blog/rachel-henderlite-presbyterian-trailblazer/

Meet Miroslav Volf: Croatian Protestant Theologian

Volf provides a systematic and Trinitarian theology of politics in the face of war, violence, injustice and oppression.
Miroslav Volf currently serves as the Henry B. Wright Professor of Theology at Yale Divinity School and Director of the Yale Center for Faith and Culture at Yale University. Volf… http://www.northparkpres.org/blog/meet-miroslav-volf-croatian-protestant-theologian/

An Element of Truth

Considered the greatest reformed theologian between John Calvin and Karl Barth, let's meet Friedrich Schleiermacher.
Woo hoo! We hit our first level of service goals: 45,000 minutes since January 1. If that gives you a good “feeling” then you already understand a bit about our first level reforme… http://www.northparkpres.org/blog/element-truth/

Rabble Rousing in the Voting Booth

If your religious beliefs call you to count yourself among the lineage of esteemed Presbyterians, I encourage you to go vote.
Here’s something funny: did you know that the Presbyterians were so instrumental to the American Revolution that across the pond for years afterward the war was called The Presbyte… http://www.northparkpres.org/blog/rabble-rousing-in-the-voting-booth/

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