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Redeemer: The Life of Jimmy Carter

Posted on January 8, 2016January 29, 2021 by ptsblog

Earlier this academic year, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary’s American Religious Biography class studied biographical accounts of seven women and men whose lives spanned the centuries from the colonial era through the 20th century. After digging deeply into the historical accounts of those Christian figures, students reflected on what insight each narrative might have for modern Christians,…

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Three Wise Men Walk into a Manger

Posted on January 7, 2016August 2, 2021 by ptsblog

You know that nativity set that sits in your house? If you’re a little bolder, maybe it sits on your lawn. It’s older than you think. At least, part of it is. Most nativity sets today are really the combination of three streams of art. The center is what used to appear in paintings entitled…

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How can I do Christian mission work faithfully?

Posted on December 18, 2015August 2, 2021 by ptsblog

“How can I do mission work faithfully?” A youth pastor asked me this question recently—it had really begun to bother him. So much has been written about the complexity of Christian mission work and the pitfalls with various approaches that he had started to get frustrated. He wanted to obey the Christian command to love…

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