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Teenage Boys Turn to Steroids and ‘Steroid Precursors’ to Bulk Up
More than ever, teenage boys are getting on the "juice" to get the bulky, muscle-bound look they think girls go for. Only this "juice" isn't Florida-squeezed, full of pulp and packed with vitamin C. This "juice" is...
A War With a Face We Can Recognize
Somewhere in Baghdad this evening, an Iraqi family sits down to their nightly iftar meal, breaking the daylong Ramadan fast that began at dawn. If they are fortunate, they are able to afford a festive meal at least a...
Online Gambling Stirs Debate, Legislation
The Interactive Gaming Council is calling on Americans to petition U.S. senators to reject the "Leach Bill," calling it "an unprecedented invasion of privacy to require financial institutions to sort through every...
A Custom Worth Keeping
In the South, it is customary for motorists to pull off to the side of the road and stop after meeting a funeral procession. This is a custom worth keeping. I admit, there have been times as a motorist that I have...
Eid al-Fitr Ends Fast With Feast
Eid al-Fitr marks the end of Ramadan, the Muslim fasting month. But it is not only an ending, but a beginning of feasting and family celebration. Awadh Binhazim, director of public relations for the Islamic Center of...
Preparing for Your Advent Journey
Your Advent journey goes beyond what happens at your church services. Advent is a season for preparing your heart, mind and soul for the coming of Christ. Such preparation involves participation in worship, designating...
We Need to Read Roger Williams
Williams told us forcefully that the Prince of Peace should not be associated with our lust for forced conformity and reliance upon the civil government. The church has been given sufficient means to discipline itself,...
Robertson Says Bush Acting ‘As Chief Theologian’
TV evangelist Pat Robertson criticized President Bush last week for acting as a religious leader and causing confusion about the real nature of Islam. "He is not elected as chief theologian," Robertson told The...
A Baptist Perspective on the First Thanksgiving
Editor's note: This article was revised on Nov. 22, 2019, to remove a reference to a 1623 Thanksgiving sermon discovered to be inaccurate by the author upon further research. I once heard a non-Baptist governor's wife...
Exploring a Pyrrhic Victory: An Interview With Michael Hoffman
Michael Hoffman, director of "The Emperor's Club," recently spoke with EthicsDaily.com about ancient Rome, Pyrrhic victories and how both relate to his new movie about living with character, virtue and integrity....
A Turkey a Person—Almost
As Thanksgiving Day approaches, Americans should be pleased to know that there is no shortage of turkeys. About 270 million were raised in the United States this year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The Census...
Christian Coalition Predicts an Uprising
Cut off from our traditional sources of reflection, people of faith get confused about what is right and wrong. Trying to honor a piece of Scripture, we become unfaithful to the rest of it. Hardly knowing how we even...
Miss World Column Ignites Violent Muslims, Christian Clashes in Nigeria
Over 200 people were killed and 500 injured last week in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna after a newspaper article contended that the prophet Muhammad would have married one of the contestants in the Miss World...
Lessons from the South African Church
The figures just did not add up when I used my United States thinking. Then again, we base our finances on budgets, and these folks base theirs on faith. I recently experienced so much of the vibrant life in South...
Southern Africans Face Drought, Lack Food
As many Americans prepare for their annual Thanksgiving feast, people in Southern Africa are digging in the dirt to find roots and plucking leaves from trees to feed their children. Baptist World Aid Director Paul...
Pastor Takes on Potter-Bashers
It was too late when I received an urgent e-mail from [email protected] warning me about "the curse of an abomination with which Satan seeks to fill our land." Naturally I assumed it would be a prophetic...
Thanksgiving Is a Time for Joy More Than Happiness
Very happy people are OK, according to a "standard happiness test" conducted by professors Ed Diener of the University of Illinois and Martin Seligman of the University of Pennsylvania. The happiness gurus compared a...
Every Church a Peace Church
Every Church a Peace Church was born out of the idea that churches hold the key to turning the world toward peace through the teachings of Jesus Christ. And the ECAPC Web site has a wealth of resources to get churches...
Enrich Your Thanksgiving Holiday
It's that time of year again! The frantic holiday season is about to begin. In our over-commercialized culture, Thanksgiving Day has become the kickoff for the Christmas blitz. Unless you take charge of your holiday...
What Happens When the Tide Rolls In
In the world of organized religion, centralized authority is rolling in at full tide, while at the scattered edges of the globe the freedoms of the faithful ebb away. Consider these episodes: American bishops of the...
Jubilee and Justice: Celebrating Sabbath Economics
When Abbie Hoffman and his "Yippies" did it 35 years ago, they did it inside. Stock brokers and activists alike will remember the scene from the New York Stock Exchange in 1967, dollar bills floating to the trading...