Disassembling the Dissemblers

Last week many Americans learned a new word: dissemble. The person who introduced the good word was our president, George W. Bush. In a May 31 press conference where the president addressed Amnesty International’s damning commentary on recent U.S. treatment of...

Are We Headed Back to Dayton?

The wind of controversy over the influences of science and religion are swirling, again. In Cobb County, Ga., folks on both sides of the debate are hoping that they might inherit the wind and use it to blow away their opponents. That probably won’t happen...

Learning From the Oppressed

“You know,” the young man across the table said, “American Christians are oppressed, too.” When I asked him to explain he simply said, “By your culture.” Then he picked up his chopsticks and returned to his bowl of rice and chicken...

Carl F. H. Henry: Reformer, Founder, Defender

The death of Carl F. H. Henry on Dec. 7, 2003, marked the end of a chapter, but not the end of the book. The book, which could be entitled The Origins and Influence of the NeoEvangelical Movement, still is being written. Once finished, the book will tell a story that...

Marking Time

What do a Hebrew poet, a Roman deity, and a Garth Brooks song have in common? The Hebrew poet is the writer of Ecclesiastes (also called Qoheleth). The Roman deity is Janus, the keeper of gates and doorways who is remembered in the name of the first month of the year,...