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August 25, 2014
Mark Driscoll to Step Down While Mars Hill Reviews Charges (Washington Post) Mark Driscoll Was an Evangelical Rockstar: Here's How He Fell From Grace (VOX) Atheist, Agnostic Group Urges Charter Schools to Quit...
It’s awl that …
She must have been somebody special, this woman who lived some 7,000 years ago, during what we have typically called the Middle Chalcolithic period (a fancy way of saying "during the Stone Age"). Her home was in a...
Fundraising Goal Met; Documentary Airs Tonight
EthicsDaily.com met its $3,000 fundraising to cover costs for getting "Gospel Without Borders" quality-ready for TV broadcast on the same week that the faith and immigration documentary aired on Soul of the South...
3 Ways You Can Help Ferguson’s Residents
The city of Ferguson, Missouri, has been transformed over the past two weeks from an unknown sleepy town located in the northern portion of St. Louis into the symbolic embodiment of multiple racial, political and...
Snapping Selfies Much Easier Than Knowing Self
This summer a relative put aside resistance and got his first smartphone, soon after sending us a picture of himself taken with his phone, captioned: "My First Facie." Initial mirth over this mistaken...
George Washington Carver: A Hero Few Know
I have a new hero now. It happened by accident recently when a friend and I met in Missouri for a few days of photography in the southwest portion of the state. We wanted to explore the prairies in the area. It just so...
Should You Be Free to Choose Your Own Religion?
Should people be free to choose their own religion? Yes. This, to me, seems like such an obvious answer that I am flabbergasted that in much of the world, the de facto reality on the ground is "no." Even in cases...
Two Roads Diverge With Failure to Pass Immigration Reform. Which Will We Take?
American Christians are at a proverbial fork in the road with Washington's failure to pass comprehensive federal immigration reform. One road heads down a fruitless path. We can curse the situation. We can blame the...
Marrying young …
An assortment of Southern Baptist pastors and officials are encouraging young people to buck the culture, choose a partner, and get married as early as their teens, according to an enlightening article by Bob Allen at...
Why You Need to Listen to Others’ Perspectives
Growing up in Tulsa, Oklahoma, my dad listened to talk radio on KRMG. On occasion, when I was not staring out the window dreaming of hitting three home runs in a World Series game, I would tune into the talking voice...
Pluralism: United Together While Keeping Our Identity
I still remember clearly a brief conversation I had 20 years ago. At a weekly clergy group meeting, a woman, who had just returned from a trip to Russia where she discovered some Jewish lineage in her distant...
God Calls Us to Share, Learn and Work Together
A person does not need a theological degree to pick up the biblical emphasis on community. In Genesis, we read that God created humanity for fellowship with God and then created the family unit of the man and woman....
Why Real Worship Should Move You to Tears
As a pastor, I've seen my share of tears. They show up in so many places: in hospitals, especially in emergency rooms and delivery rooms, at funeral homes, in the office, at the altar, during worship, while talking...
6 Ways Your Faith Affects How You Live
A short reflection on BBC's Radio 2 about how small actions can make a big difference used the example of how significant it was for a young Desmond Tutu to see a white priest remove his hat in courtesy to his mother...
Hispanic Ministries: A Family that Offers Hope
Throughout Scripture, God consistently reveals his deep concern for the poor, the vulnerable and the strangers by calling his people to care for them (see Exodus 22:21; 23:9; Leviticus 19:10; 19:33-34; and Deuteronomy...
August 19, 2014
Two Churches in Missouri are Filled With Faith, But Common Ground Remains Elusive (Washington Post) Old South Church Sends Prayers, Cranes to Missouri Congregation (Boston Globe) Baptist Group Calls Religious-Themed...
Of squirrels and scholars
This little guy (or girl) is a bandit who steals from the birds. Or, you could consider him a user, who only comes to visit when he needs something. You could think of him as an opportunist, who keeps his eyes open for...
TV Network Will Air EthicsDaily.com Documentary on Faith, Prisons
Soul of the South Network (SSN) will begin airing "Through the Door" at 8 p.m. (CST) Aug. 25. A special 47-minute version of EthicsDaily.com's documentary will be broadcast multiple times in addition to the initial...
Are Sports’ Salaries, Environmental Impact Out of Touch?
I watched recently with more than 6 million people the PGA Championship. It was one of the most exciting tournaments in recent memory—even without Tiger Woods playing on the weekend. An article about Woods missing the...
3 Responses to Ferguson’s Unfolding Tragedy
Like most people who have seen, heard or read about the series of events that have occurred in Ferguson, Missouri, I have been frustrated and disheartened at the loss of a life, the unnecessary theft and destruction of...
August 18, 2014
Some Evangelicals in Republican Party are Feeling Left Out, See No Standard-Bearer (Washington Post) Alabama Lawmaker: Proposed 10 Commandments Monument Has 'Nothing to do With Religion' (Think Progress) Navy Reverses...