by Nathan Napier | Feb 21, 2011 | Opinion
Accolades for the movie “The Social Network” should get the church’s attention. The church can normally dismiss the latest entertainment phenomenon as a fad, but not this time. What is occurring is a new way of creating community and belonging. The...
by Nathan Napier | Oct 1, 2010 | Opinion
Walk into any Wal-Mart across the country and you are quickly going to run into this phrase: “Save Money. Live Better.” It hangs at the main entrance, adorns the ends of aisles, appears atop your receipt. If consumers aren’t sure before they enter,...
by Nathan Napier | Aug 26, 2010 | Opinion
The church has always had a very ambiguous relationship to money and hard economic times. The Gospels comment frequently on the trappings of money, and the New Testament consistently encourages Christians to give of their means and to share their blessings with the...
by Nathan Napier | Jul 19, 2010 | Opinion
Very few theological movements have engaged as much spirited debate and disagreement as has the emergence of “open theism.” For the past decade and a half, chiefly beginning with the publication of “The Openness of God: A Biblical Challenge to the...
by Nathan Napier | Jul 11, 2010 | Opinion
As much national attention is given to terrorism, and along with it the demonization of the Islamic faith, it is surprising that so few commentators have inspected our own Judeo-Christian tradition for traces of violence associated with creed or theological belief....
