by Colin Harris | Jan 6, 2015 | Opinion
The New Year’s cover story of Newsweek was an article by Kurt Eichenwald on the “state of the Bible” in American culture. What is perhaps the most visible response to it by Al Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, seems to be...
by Colin Harris | Dec 30, 2014 | Opinion
One of my favorite shows in the early days of TV at our house began with the tagline: “Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird; it’s a plane – It’s Superman!” Disguised as a mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper, with his...
by Colin Harris | Dec 23, 2014 | Opinion
‘Tis the season for many things: gatherings of family and friends, special programs for worship and entertainment, lots of food, festive surroundings – and giving. This last one is an interesting phenomenon. Not only the traditional sharing of gifts among family...
by Colin Harris | Dec 4, 2014 | Opinion
Advent involves not only God’s “coming to” (Latin: ad-venire) us in human form (incarnation) as part of God’s ongoing self-disclosure, but also our “coming to” in response to the gift of this season. This obvious play on words draws...
by Colin Harris | Nov 25, 2014 | Opinion
It was hard not to notice the appeals to fear and uncertainty in our recent campaign season. The more urgent the final stretch of the contests became, the more emphatic were the ominous suggestions that a vote for the “other side” would bring one’s...
