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Say Goodbye to Arthur
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Migrant Workers Impact Small Towns
On May 5, the small town of Aliceville, Ala., will add another event to its community calendar—a Cinco de Mayo celebration. The fun begins at noon with a soccer tournament, followed by a worship service and then a...
Celebrations: Eat, Drink and Be Weary
If our hallowed times were holy places, perhaps we would live better. If national, ethnic and religious holidays were not designations on a calendar, but actual places, maybe our abuse of alcohol would stand in better...
Tennessee Battles over Posting Ten Commandments
If America is in a moral sewer, then posting the Ten Commandments in public buildings is the way out and the way back to God, according to some Tennesseans. "Our nation is in the sewer and the way you get out of the...
Hesston Won’t Lose Funding over Flag, Yet
HESSTON, Kan. - Hesston College will not lose any of its student funding over its refusal to fly an American flag on campus, at least not this year. Instead, it could get an extra $500, courtesy of the Kansas...
Summer Features Smallbusters Too
Summer blockbusters, like "Spider-Man" and "Star Wars: Episode II—Attack of the Clones," are coming to a multiplex near you. These big, loud movies will be accompanied by Happy Meals, action figures and comic books....
Governments Still Debating School Prayer
Today, as people all over the country gather in public places to observe the annual National Day of Prayer, the debate over prayer in schools continues to captivate federal, state and local governments. Texas high...
LionLamb.org: The Lion & Lamb Project
We're marketing violence to children, even though violence isn't child's play, according to lionlamb.org, the Web site of the Lion & Lamb Project. "The Lion & Lamb Project is concerned with violent messages...
Christian Books Take Over the Market
I have some good news and some sad news. First, the good news: Publishers Weekly announced that two Christian books were the top fiction and non-fiction books in the industry in 2001. It is the first time this has ever...
Increased Participation Expected for National Day of Prayer
Tomorrow's National Day of Prayer is expected to draw more participants in light of Sept. 11 and growing concern over terrorism and unrest in various parts of the world. "America United Under God" is the theme of this...
Joseph Judson Taylor: Baptist Pacifist in a Time of War
Baptist pacifists have often been an endangered species. No better example can be found than that of Joseph Judson Taylor, pastor of First Baptist Church, Savannah, Ga., as America prepared to enter World War I. Named...
Food Crisis Endangers Millions in Southern Africa
An estimated 2.6 million people in Southern Africa face a food crisis due to erratic weather, the AIDS epidemic and economic policy mistakes, according to news reports. Another 2.4 million are expected to be at risk in...
Ethical Preaching Covers More Than Plagiarism
Preachers under pressure are particularly vulnerable to using others' ideas without giving credit. Pretending that borrowed material is one's own thinking and experience fatally wounds integrity. Without sounding like...
Ethics Sermons Excellent Resource for Pastors, Parishioners
EthicsDaily.com's sermons have become an invaluable part of the Web site. With nearly 200 sermons in the online sermon library, there's something for everyone. You can search an extensive library of sermons divided...
Teens More Optimistic, Spiritual
The days of teen angst are fading, according to recent Barna research. Teens today have adopted a whole new set of positive perspectives, departing from the negative views teens held as recently as five years ago....
On Being the Salt of the Earth
My grandfather never owned a Bible. In fact, he could not read. He never attended a church, didn't sing any hymns, and never prayed—out loud anyway. He also seemed to have a certain contempt for preachers. Although he...
Assemblies of God: A Profile of Pentecostals
In the 1950s, Pentecostalism emerged as one of the most visible and growing forms of Protestantism. The beginning of the modern Pentecostal revival is generally traced to a prayer meeting led by Charles Parham. At the...
Baptist Thinker Skeptical of Rational Mind
Wendell Berry—Kentucky farmer, poet, essayist and contrarian who's skeptical of just about everything in corporate America—is nevertheless a man full of hope. Just don't call him an optimist. "Optimism is a kind of...
Evangelism and Social Justice: Why the Church Needs Both
It was near the end of a semester in Christian ethics, and one of the students had never quite accepted the church's obligation to the poor and the oppressed. He summarized his frustration this way: "Give a hungry man...
Americans Wasting Valuable Food Resources
Scare tactics are not uncommon in trying to coax young eaters to clean their plates. "There are starving children in China who would love to eat what you are willing to waste," is a common one. The fact of the matter...
Tending To the Errors of a Common History
It is astonishing the way that errors of thought can hook onto otherwise harmless facts and spread generations, even centuries, of mistaken impressions. Many accounts of our Anabaptist history are replete with these...