by Gary Furr | Aug 10, 2018 | Opinion
Harsh “rulemaking” does not maturity make, either religiously or psychologically. Nowhere do we see this more than in rigid religion in a person. All-or-nothing thinking – and in this regard, dogmatic atheism and fundamentalism look very similar in spirit – makes the...
by Gary Furr | Oct 6, 2017 | Opinion
Violence in our society is a perplexing reality. If we look at it in terms of statistics, there is less killing and crime in many categories than in many years. When we see the daily litany of murder stories on the news, though, and compare our nation to other...
by Gary Furr | Apr 28, 2017 | Opinion
Philip Yancey is one of those writers who reaches past the normal barriers faced by Christian authors to speak to the pain of a hurting world. He writes in such an engaging, thoughtful and undefensive style that he touches those who wouldn’t necessarily listen...
by Gary Furr | Jan 19, 2017 | Opinion
I have been thinking about what President Obama said near the end of his farewell address. He said that the most important person in the country is still the citizen. As President-elect Trump assumes office, it will be a great challenge for our leaders on all sides to...
by Gary Furr | Nov 23, 2016 | Opinion
How can you not like the story of the Pilgrims? They came to America to find religious freedom. They were “separatists,” believing that the true church must separate itself from the corruptions of the world, in particular the Anglican Church and its...
