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Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths
This 200-page work resulted from Feiler's journey through time to find the father of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, and to discover whether Abraham can help these monotheistic religions reconcile. He proves it,...
Author, Publisher Create ‘Abraham Salons’
Author Bruce Feiler and publisher William Morrow will initiate "Abraham Salons," nationwide interfaith discussions, in November. This "national conversation"—using Abraham as a focal point "for building trust and...
Fall Friday Nights in Smallville
If you find yourself in a Smallville stadium this Friday night, focus on teamwork. It takes teamwork to win. It takes teamwork to grow Christian character. It takes teamwork to improve life materially and spiritually...
Care-Giving and Gift-Receiving
Care-giving (like parenting) is not for the sake of friendship, it is for the other. It is not give-and-take, but give-and-give. I am a care-giver to an elderly lady who has no family except a nephew many miles away,...
The Importance of Relationship in Preventing Drug Abuse
There may be no greater gift to a young person than to let her know that her story is woven into the fabric of a larger narrative. Then, her point of decision is not an isolated instant, but a historic moment. Many...
Cursing the Darkness
The question came during a meeting of the newly formed U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). The Commission had been established by the 1998 International Religious Freedom Act, and now, in its...
“Moonlight Mile”
Writer/director Brad Silberling actually lost his fiancée to an inexplicable act of violence, and he used his experience to write a script that authentically portrays the different ways individuals deal with loss....
The Prayer of Jabez: An Ethicist’s View
Perhaps a better New Testament partner for the prayer of Jabez is not a prayer at all, but the parable of the Good Samaritan. There are perhaps a few, a very few, Christian readers left who have yet to experience the...
Two Baptists Make Global Headlines, Suggest Different Paths
Both are Baptists of the South. Both are members of the builder generation. Both breathed the same cultural air of race and religion. Both could not be more different. One was recognized for practicing the gospel of...
Using Adversity as a Catapult to Success
Though all of us have different adverse circumstances affecting us, we each need to remember that we are left with a choice of how we will respond. Ultimate defeat might not be in the circumstance, but rather in our...
Millions Still Endure Religious Repression
Millions of people around the world are still deprived of the right to practice their religion, according to the United State's annual International Religious Freedom Report. Iran, Iraq, China and North Korea were...
Night Fishing in Galilee: The Journey Toward Spiritual Wisdom
There have been some very good writings on spirituality, and Arnold improves the list. Arnold uses the story of Jesus and his disciples eating a shore breakfast together to help us discover the journey toward spiritual...
Maybe We Can Save the Sound of All Worship Languages
Change creeps through the Forest of Dean, a rural corner of England about 120 miles west of London. Satellite television, compact discs and digital video have brought pop music, movies and an onrush of "Americanisms"...
“What Would Jesus Drive?”
Obeying Jesus in our transportation choices is one of the great Christian obligations and opportunities of the 21st century. Making transportation choices that threaten millions of human beings violates Jesus' basic...
Inquiring Minds Want to Know
When you read the Gospels, it is surprising how many questions were asked of Jesus, both by his disciples and other inquirers. Consider the following intriguing questions that were posed to Jesus. A few months ago,...
Robertson Receives Faith-based Funding, Criticism
Despite his criticism of "faith-based" funding, Pat Robertson is poised to receive $500,000 in federal funding for his charity, Operation Blessing. Operation Blessing is one of 25 organizations to receive funds from...
Hearing a Call: An Interview With Sue Thomas
Thomas' remarkable story has inspired a new TV show, "Sue Thomas: F.B.EYE," on PAX TV. Operations and treatments failed to restore her hearing, so she learned how to sign, speak and read lips. As a result of her...
Wrangling Religions: An Interview with Charles Kimball
Kimball, chair of the department of religion at Wake Forest University and a recognized authority on the Middle East, recently told EthicsDaily.com about some of the ideas in his latest work. You said religions tilt...
Loving Lucy: Society in a Sit-com
Some critics have labeled Lucy a scheming wife whose manipulative tendencies undermined the biblical marital model. In the 1950s, more than 40 million people watched the show each week. Reruns have aired most every day...
Survey: First Amendment Guarantees Too Many Rights
Ever begrudged your rights? Well, according to the annual State of the First Amendment survey by the First Amendment Center, nearly half of all Americans said the First Amendment guarantees too many rights. For the...
Is Bigger Really Better?
In our culture there's not much demand for a God whose interests are for the poor and needy, or who sends rain on the just and the unjust. It's hard to market a God who calls for sacrificial service and for loving our...