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Social Ministry Helps Immigrants Find Legal Relief
Our office at the Immigration Service and Aid Center (better known as the ISAAC Project) was swamped by immigrants barely a week into the new U.S. presidency. These were mostly people from Africa - green card holders...
A Brief History of Secular Environmental Ethics – Part 2
Environmental ethics is often thought to have originated in the 1970s, influenced by Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" and the rise of environmentalism. In 1971, J. Baird Callicott taught the first environmental ethics...
Only 24 Percent Affirm Bible as Literal Word of God
Only 24 percent of U.S. adults now affirm the Bible as the "actual Word of God to be taken literally," according to Gallup. This is an all-time low since the organization began tracking perceptions of the Bible in 1976...
May 18, 2017
This 2,800-Year-Old Stele Tells a Bible Story from a Different Point of View (Ancient Origins) Pieces of Iconic Jesus Mosaic at Huntsville First Baptist Church to be Given Away (AL.com) Georgia Pastor Tapped to Lead...
No rush, right?
Wednesday began with a lot of “hurry up and wait” for folks traveling with the Campbell University Divinity School/Nurturing Faith Experiences tour group. We left early and headed straight for the border crossing into...
Profiles in Goodwill: Todd Still
Todd D. Still is DeLancey Dean and Hinson Professor at Baylor University's George W. Truett Theological Seminary in Waco, Texas. 1. Where did you grow up? I grew up in Texas and was born in Wichita Falls in 1966. My...
A Toolkit for Environmental Ethics – Part 1
What is nature worth? How do we balance the needs of the natural world with those of human concern? This article aims to explain some of the basic terms in environmental ethics to provide a starting point for the...
Guide Helps Faith-Based Groups Combat Online Child Exploitation
The faith community has a significant role to play in combating the exploitation of children. Such exploitation has "soared in recent years" as the Internet has "expose[d] children to new and evolving forms of sexual...
May 17, 2017
Few Americans Believe the Bible is the Literal Word of God (Huffington Post) Women Bloggers Spark an Evangelical 'Crisis of Authority' (RNS/Sojourners) Franklin Graham: Christianity Under Attack, Believers Should...
You did what?
Travelers with our Campbell University Divinity School/Nurturing Faith Experiences tour group are getting their money’s worth. Our guide told a fellow guide what all we had done today, and he responded: “It takes me...
Big Island, big sky — big opportunity!
By John D. Pierce Exploring the marvels of creation is time well spent. It expands the mind, warms the heart and puts our lives in right perspectives. That’s why I’m excited to announce a new Nurturing Faith...
3 Lessons You Can Learn from Old Testament Ethics
The Bible is not an easy book to read. Christians tend to select the passages that are positive, encouraging, reassuring. Some Psalms, parts of Isaiah and of course the New Testament (except for Revelation). But what...
Why Do You Not Hear More About Rich Privilege?
I have heard and read many references to white privilege and male privilege over the past several years. These seem to be the only types of privilege that socially progressive people talk about and disparage. Although...
Report: Food Insecurity Driving Global Migration
What factors have compelled the largest mass migration of people since World War II? That is the focus of a new report from the United Nations' World Food Programme, which seeks to better understand "the complex...
May 16, 2017
Black Church Clergy Decry Trump Policies as Detrimental to African-Americans (RNS) Federal Judges Ask if Revised Travel Ban Discriminates Against Muslims (PBS) Kentucky Court Allows Christian Business Owner to...
Movin’ on up — to the Upper Galilee
Participants in the Campbell University Divinity School/Nurturing Faith Experiences tour packed two days’ worth of experiences (for many groups) into one day on Monday, May 15. The day began on the Mount of Beatitudes,...
What Role Do Churches Have in Shaping Public Policy?
There's been a lot of talk recently about the role of the church in the public square, particularly with respect to the Johnson Amendment. This legislation prohibits churches (as 501(c)(3) organizations) from publicly...
“America First” Policy at Odds with Our Nation’s Values
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson emphasized a distinction between policies and values in his May 3, 2017, address to State Department employees. "I think it's important to also remember that guiding all of our...
South Sudan Conflict Displaces Millions of Children
More than 2 million children in South Sudan have fled their homes. The number of child refugees is now more than a million and another million-plus are internally displaced as a result of the nation's ongoing civil...
May 15, 2017
Philadelphia Baptist Association Focuses on Poverty During Anniversary Program (Philadelphia Tribune) At Fundamentalist Liberty University, Trump Calls Critics 'Pathetic,' Praises Putting 'Faith into Action' (NPR)...
Day One, and on the run …
A weary congregation of 51 folks traveling with this year’s Campbell University Divinity School/Nurturing Faith Experiences tour arrived in Tel Aviv Sunday morning after a variety of connections and an uneventful but...