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Ultrasound Images and How We See the Fetus
Recent release of video footage showing Planned Parenthood official Deborah Nucatola describing collection and costs of fetal tissue has attracted attention and controversy. With this controversy playing out in...
Iran Nuclear Deal’s Reaction: Partisan and Extreme
Reaction to the nuclear agreement between Iran and the "P5+1" - the U.S., U.K., France, China and Russia, plus Germany, the permanent member nations on the U.N. Security Council - has been swift and diverse. Almost...
Homelessness Unites Range of Social Issues
Poverty has three faces: material, relational and personal (self-identity). Each aspect contributes to poverty and homelessness, as I discussed previously, requiring a holistic response to address the underlying...
July 21, 2015
Evangelical Policy Activists Raise 'God's Army' at Colorado Springs Conference (Colorado Independent) Group Says Orlando Police Officers Stormed Church, Held Members at Gunpoint (WFTV) In Chattanooga, a Young Man in a...
3 Types of Poverty Often Leading to Homelessness
I had a job cleaning in central London in 1990, which involved being on a main street by 7 a.m. The extent of the rough sleeping - homeless people who slept or lived outside - was shocking. Three to four people slept...
Boom or Bust: Consumerism Still America’s Religion
American consumer spending growth has been unusually slow since the Great Recession of 2007-09. Does this signal the adoption of what two Washington Post reporters describe as a "newfound prudence" and a permanent...
When Children Face Dilemma of Obedience
Should we obey people rather than God? Who is the higher authority of our lives? Ephesians 6:1 has often been misapplied by many parents to justify negative instructions to children, and I've witnessed this for some...
Good Hope
After three adventurous but very tiring weeks digging with the Fourth Expedition to Lachish, and a hard day and a half of travel to South Africa, Susan and I were due a little R & R before heading to Durban for the...
July 20, 2015
GOP Field Chases Iowa Evangelicals (Politico) KKK, Black Panther Group Clash Over Confederate Flag Outside South Carolina Capitol (NBC News) Chattanooga Shattered: A Single Gunshot, Silence, and Terror (WRAL) Tennessee...
A night and a day and a night …
If you are ever traveling in Africa, and one of the options includes a stopover in Addis Ababa, seriously consider choosing another one. For all the romance and excitement of travel, there are also frustrations,...
Large Gaps Remain Despite Social Safety Programs’ Positive Impact
Social safety net programs positively impact 1.9 billion worldwide, according to a new World Bank report. Interest in these "non-contributory measures designed to provide regular and predictable support to poor and...
4 Reasons I Now Admire the Pope – And You Should, Too
When the cardinals of the Catholic Church elected a pope to replace retiring Benedict XVI, I commented that I was uninterested and didn't care. The reason was simple: Not that I have anything in particular against...
Profiles in Goodwill: Angelo Scheepers
Angelo Scheepers is general secretary for the Baptist Union of Southern Africa. 1. Where did you grow up? The Cape Flats area of Cape Town, South Africa. 2. What is your favorite verse, book or story in the Bible? Why?...
3 Principles Church Leaders Can Learn from Machiavelli
Leaders with our churches are facing several challenges in the 21st century. Our society is growing increasingly more secular, and religious belief has become privatized. It seems like every week new information is...
Profiles in Goodwill: Eron Henry
Eron Henry is associate director of communications at the Baptist World Alliance. 1. Where did you grow up? I was born in Jamaica, close to the town of Ocho Rios on the north coast. 2. What is your favorite verse, book...
When People of Faith Connect Faith, Social Justice
I have read a great deal of liberation theology, which arose first in the late 1960s to early 1970s among Roman Catholic scholars, particularly in Spanish-speaking Latin American countries. Gustavo Gutiérrez's...
It’s all about the pottery
Well, not really all. There are other important things, too, like architecture seen in walls or beaten floors, artifacts that suggest wealth or poverty, carbonized seeds, city planning, and radiocarbon dating -- but in...
Harper Lee Publishes “To Kill a Mockingbird” Sequel
It's a big week for book lovers with the arrival of the much anticipated and almost too good to be true second novel of Harper Lee. Many of us would consider "To Kill a Mockingbird" an important work in race relations,...
EthicsDaily.com Opens Global Door to Tell Baptist World Congress’ Story
EthicsDaily.com is taking four initiatives to provide extensive coverage of the Baptist World Congress meeting in Durban, South Africa, on July 22-26. We believe that all Baptists ought to be fully informed about this...
Profiles in Goodwill: Isaac Wuni
Isaac Wuni is principal of Northern Ghana Baptist Theological Seminary in Tamale, Ghana, and senior pastor of Koinonia Baptist Church in Tamale. 1. Where did you grow up? Nalerigu, Northern Region, Ghana, West Africa....
First Job for Your Short-Term Mission Work: Learn
I have an unhealthy attachment to maps. I gain a great sense of security in being able to plot out the route I'll be taking and then to follow along as we move down the carefully selected roads, through the...