by Ron Sisk | Oct 1, 2003 | Opinion
Maybe part of the reason I studied ethics in seminary was that I heard so many examples of bad ethics from the pulpit while growing up. It wasn’t that preachers actually spoke evil (or only rarely so) as much as that ethics tended to be both confused and abused...
by Ron Sisk | Aug 29, 2003 | Opinion
Plagiarism. There goes that word again. Plagiarism is the persistent plague of preaching, and the summer of 2003 is no exception. A prominent Disciples of Christ minister in Washington, D.C., has just gone through the gut-wrenching discovery and admission of using...
by Ron Sisk | Jul 28, 2003 | Opinion
It isn’t in any of our Baptist confessions. No doubt Tony Campolo in recent weeks has wished that it were. But the freedom of the pulpit, we say, remains one of our most cherished Baptist traditions. Campolo was roundly criticized in Southern Baptist circles for...
by Ron Sisk | May 5, 2003 | Opinion
My pastor never preached on the war at all. As a congregation, we prayed for peace. We prayed for safety for our military folk. We prayed for the Iraqi people. We prayed for the president and other world leaders. But, beyond recognizing the heightened anxiety in which...
by Ron Sisk | Apr 7, 2003 | Opinion
As much as possible, people should work out their conflicts within their own community of faith. It won’t always work, and people do have legitimate reasons for changing congregations. But pastors who make it too easy contribute little to the spiritual welfare...
