by Ron Sisk | Mar 31, 2004 | Opinion
“What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; there is nothing new under the sun.” So the author of Ecclesiastes speaks his weariness and disillusionment. Call me crazy, but I find it comforting in a way. Seminary students,...
by Ron Sisk | Mar 8, 2004 | Opinion
So what good is the church in an election year? If you don’t tell people how to vote (You can’t!) and you don’t advocate for a political party (You shouldn’t!), what exactly can and should you do? Ignoring the election is not the answer. Yes,...
by Ron Sisk | Feb 4, 2004 | Opinion
Often we teachers only learn about our mistakes in the process of inflicting them on unsuspecting students. I just finished teaching a course for the first time on “Preaching Ethically.” We had a lot of fun. We looked at ethical sermons by Martin Luther...
by Ron Sisk | Dec 8, 2003 | Opinion
From here on to next November, the temptation grows–the temptation to use your pulpit to help the party of your choice get elected. That’s nothing new, of course. These days the politicization of American religion is taken for granted. Newspapers published...
by Ron Sisk | Nov 6, 2003 | Opinion
It’s not easy to preach ethics. It’s especially difficult for many Baptists, because our high view of scriptural authority tends to make us look for simple answers–whether the issues are simple or not. To preach ethics ethically a minister needs to...
