by Robert Parham | Nov 18, 2010 | Opinion
America’s culture war at Christmas is back, except this year fundamentalist Christians and Fox News didn’t fire the first salvos. Nope, by all accounts, the godless fired first on the God-believers. Who knew that those who dismiss belief in God were so...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Nov 17, 2010 | Opinion
The Book of Proverbs speaks of things that appear beyond human understanding: There are three things that are too wonderful for me, four that I do not understand: the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a...
by Ron Crawford | Nov 17, 2010 | Opinion
The Great Recession has created seismic shifts in religious life in America. During the Exceedingly Long Recovery, congregations need to pay careful attention to equations that describe our “new normal” or help pave the way forward. Low interest rates =...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Nov 17, 2010 | Opinion
“Remember to keep the Sabbath day holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work. The seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God, you shall do no work that day” (Exodus 20:8-10). How many times have you sat during a service only to hear some minister...
by Mark Woods | Nov 17, 2010 | Opinion
The call by Archbishop Athanasios Dawood for Christians to leave Iraq and be given asylum in Britain is likely to be heard far more clearly in Iraq than it is here. The recent terrible events – the attack that left 50 dead at Our Lady of Salvation Catholic Church in...
by John D. Pierce | Nov 16, 2010 | Opinion
By John Pierce The Gospel is too big for us. It calls us to do things we are unwilling to do. Love our enemies? It’s hard enough to love all of our family and friends. Do not store up treasures on earth? But what about a comfortable retirement? If we...
