Thanks, Velda

After checking into my third consecutive hotel on the last leg of an 1,150-mile run up and down I-75, my primary goal was to hit the bed as soon as possible. Five days of talking, listening and driving had exhausted me.There was no mint nor chocolate on the pillow, as...

How Paying Taxes Can Be a Sacrament

Taxes are a sacrament. That’s according to James Carroll, the novelist, playwright, poet, author of such major texts as “House of War,” “Constantine’s Sword” and “Practicing Catholic” and a Monday columnist for the...

“How to Train Your Dragon”

Being a teenager is hard work. Peer pressure calls on them to conform to the demands of the group. Parental pressure pushes them to follow the ideals of their parents. And cultural pressure says they must fit into the mold to be like everyone else. It’s a wonder...

Church hurts

When I saw Barna’s recent report that 61 percent of unchurched adults think of themselves as Christians, and that 37 percent of non-church going adults say they have been hurt by an experience or person within the church, my first response was surprise that the...

Academic Honesty Carries High Price for Scholar

The story is troubling from the ground up. Professor Bruce Waltke, an evangelical Old Testament scholar who has contributed strongly to the field for many years, had to resign his teaching post on the Orlando campus of Reformed Theological Seminary (RTS) because –...