What Will It Take For Churches To Mentor?

by | Jul 19, 2010 | Opinion

I was watching a video in which Rob Bell explained the significance of Jesus calling his disciples. Bell described the process of education for Jewish children, which involved rigorous study and memorization of Torah. Jewish rabbis would gradually “weed...

What Open Theism Says About Moral Responsibility

by | Jul 19, 2010 | Opinion

Very few theological movements have engaged as much spirited debate and disagreement as has the emergence of “open theism.” For the past decade and a half, chiefly beginning with the publication of “The Openness of God: A Biblical Challenge to the...

Finding Courage to Challenge Churches’ Patriarchy

by | Jul 19, 2010 | Opinion

Spiritual writer Richard Rohr has observed that in recent centuries most churches have been on the wrong side of most human reformations and revolutions – until after these reformations succeeded. Consider the issue of civil rights: Many churches in America remained...

Dinosaur lips and logical deduction

by | Jul 17, 2010 | Opinion

“I need a little petroleum,” I said when glancing down at my fuel gauge and veering off the I-75 exit at Adairsville, Ga., last Saturday. “Is that what gas is made from?” asked my 12-year-old daughter and sole passenger.My limited knowledge of the oil business...