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Pushy Parents Discourage Children from Team Sports
My 10-year-old son plays in a football (soccer) team in a south London league every Saturday. He is part of a great club, with dedicated coaches and he loves it. It is a very competitive league, but over the course of...
Dominion, Not Domination, Over Our Island Home
The "Book of Common Prayer" includes a grateful and humble acknowledgment of "this fragile earth, our island home." It's a moving phrase; and, on this Earth Day, I pray that we will love this fragile earth with...
Profiles In Goodwill: Aaron Tyler
Aaron Tyler is the chair of the Graduate International Relations Department at St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas. Aaron's articles that have appeared on EthicsDaily.com are available here. 1. Where did you...
Profiles In Goodwill: Bill McConnell
Bill McConnell is a partner at Rogers & Morgan, a manufacturer's agency that specializes in industrial environmental equipment, and a member of Central Baptist Church of Bearden in Knoxville, Tennessee. He...
Bill Clinton’s Failure to Confront Rwandan Genocide as Genocide
As genocide erupted in Rwanda in 1994, killing 800,000 people in only about 100 days, U.S. President Bill Clinton verbally danced around the topic. Despite intelligence reports clearly documenting the genocide, Clinton...
Taxes: The Price of Civilization, Especially in the U.S.
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes of the U.S. Supreme Court once said, "Taxes are what we pay for civilized society." It is also what we pay for the privilege of being disciples of Jesus Christ. From its beginning, the...
You never know …
You never know what a day will bring. My brother Don was headed to work on Monday morning, despite being so sick he should have stayed home. Along an isolated stretch of road he apparently passed out, hit a culvert,...
How 2 Hispanic Immigrants Are Fulfilling God’s Purpose
God not only shows compassion and mercy toward foreigners in the Bible, but also uses people in their condition as immigrants to fulfill his divine purposes in the world. God's own people came into being as a result of...
Should Churches Speak Up About Unhealthy Food Choices?
Television commercials offer cultural insight, with their content and presentation methods serving as a tool for social analysis. On a recent evening, my wife and I were watching a sit-com via a network's streaming...
Billy Graham: Locating the Legacy of America’s Pastor
"Billy Graham and the Shaping of a Nation" is the subtitle of the book, "America's Pastor," an acclaimed sort-of-biography by acclaim-worthy Duke University historian Grant Wacker. Wacker discussed recently his book at...
April 21, 2015
'In God We Trust' Motto a New Addition to North Carolina Public Buildings (Christian Post) What Challenges will the Mormon Church Face in its 3rd Century? (Salt Lake Tribune) Florida Senate Committee Rejects Anti-Gay...
Millions Have Substance Abuse Disorder, Few Obtain Treatment
Millions of U.S. citizens have substance abuse disorders, but only a small percentage receive treatment each year, a recent Pew Charitable Trusts report revealed. More than 21 million people faced substance abuse...
Why Do Young People Join ISIS? Part 2
Many young people from the region of Lebanon joining ISIS come from impoverished and desperate circumstances. They are uneducated and have suffered under local and regional security apparatuses, especially those of the...
Sudanese Bombs Fall Amid International Silence
Sin festers in the darkness. The same is often true in the politics of oppression. Genocide, a term first used in 1944 to describe the deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political or cultural group,...
Is “Christian” becoming a code word for things that aren’t very Christ-like?
By John Pierce It’s no secret that evangelical Christians have driven the recent so-called “religious freedom” legislative efforts in several states. These proponents — and the legislators who carry their water —...
April 20, 2015
Expert Panel Addresses the Problems, Potentials of Mixing Religion and Politics (Huffington Post) How Corporate America Invented Christian America (Politico) Family Christian Books Bankruptcy: Chain Faces Scrutiny...
Profiles In Goodwill: Tyler Wigg-Stevenson
Tyler Wigg-Stevenson is an author and chair of the World Evangelical Alliance's Global Task Force on Nuclear Weapons. Tyler's articles that have appeared on EthicsDaily.com are available here, and his Skype interview...
Baptists Sporadically Issue Condemnations of Genocide
Although some Baptist groups regularly pass resolutions on various topics of concern, references to genocides only occasionally gain attention. Baptists view resolutions as nonbinding, but they offer key insights into...
Why Do Young People Join ISIS? Part 1
Jesus' teaching to love your enemy continues to confound the majority of humanity - even those who claim to follow Jesus. Throughout history, societies and nations generally depersonalize the enemy, categorizing them...
February 18, 2015
Maine Senator Pulls 'Religious Freedom' Bill, Clergy Rejoice (Bangor Daily News) Indiana Poll: Mike Pence's Ratings Drop After 'Religious Freedom' Law (Politico) IBM Warns Louisiana Over 'Religious Freedom' Bill (CNN...
April 17, 2015
Senate Kills Bill to Make Bible Official Tennessee Book (The Tennessean) Okla. Attorney Wants Private Citizens to Distribute Religious Literature in Schools (Washington Post) How Rachel Evans Became the Most Polarizing...