Now a Word About Abortion

The new federal law banning third trimester abortions is a good and godly decision. Most of us think it is irresponsible for would-be parents to wait so far into the pregnancy to determine whether the birth of the baby is as wise and wonderful as it is intended to be....

Will the Historical Jesus Please Stand Up?

What do we really know about Jesus? There is a great deal of attention focused on this question. This month when the American Academy of Religion convenes in Atlanta for their annual meeting this topic will dominate selected sessions. Among those at the forefront of...

Doing Justice and Loving Mercy

When Johnny Cash died I went right out and bought a CD of his music. It carries the subtitle, “A Concert Behind Prison Walls.” Of course, it includes his famous “Folsom Prison Blues.” But item No. 3 on the disc is the lesser known ballad called...

A Hopeful Word to All The World

Millions of people are out of work, and many others change jobs every few years. But one very important person has kept his job for a quarter century, and this fact alone has brought him a great deal of attention. I write, of course, of Karol Wojtyla, better know as...

True Persecution

Fresh off the press and into the public is a book entitled Persecution. It is written by the brother of talk-radio personality Rush Limbaugh and seeks to demonstrate that the religious liberty so precious to all Americans is being systematically denied to Christians...