Articles by Rev. Dr. Neal Presa
The Rev. Neal D. Presa, Ph.D. is a Filipino American pastor theologian who is Associate Pastor of the 1100-member Village Community Presbyterian Church (Rancho Santa Fe, California), Visiting Professor of Practical Theology for International Theological Seminary (West Covina, CA), Visiting Professor and Scholar for Union Theological Seminary (Dasmariñas, Philippines), Research Fellow for Practical and Missional Theology for the University of the Free State (Bloemfontein, South Africa), Fellow for The Center for Pastor Theologians (Oak Park, Illinois), and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Presbyterian Foundation (Jeffersonville, IL). He was the Moderator of the 220th General Assembly (2012-2014) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). He is the Book Review Contributing Editor for The Living Pulpit.
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. famously summarized the 19th century abolitionist Theodore Parker thus: “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.”
The apostle Paul reminds us that God “reconciled …
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About The People We Don’t Know by Malcolm Gladwell. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2019. 386pp. $17.58
New York Times bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell disarms our assumptions in a way that …
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Rob Bell, Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived. New York, Harper Collins Publishers, 2011. $9.99. 202 pages.
Mars Hill Church (Grand Rapids, MI) pastor …
Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others by Barbara Brown Taylor. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2019. 238pp. $16.81
by Neal D. Presa
Famed Episcopalian priest and professor, Barbara Brown Taylor, employs her wise pen to …
21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari. New York: Spiegel and Grau, 2018. 372pp. $16.53
by Neal D. Presa
Historian Yuval Noah Harari of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has written a trilogy of …
by Neal D. Presa
The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race by Willie James Jennings. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2010. 366 pages. $24.41
Willie James Jennings gives us a tour de force in …
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The Collected Sermons of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Volume One by Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Edited by Isabel Best. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2012. 240 pages. $25.46.
Karl Barth urged his students to read both newspapers and …
by Neal Presa
by Neal Presa
by Neal Presa
The Confession of 1967 is an auspicious occasion in world and church history and is passionately documented with relevance in this piece. As divisions are bridged and progress is sought, the church is urgently encouraged to move onward with Christ’s mission.
