by Robert Parham | Nov 6, 2009 | Opinion
The Fort Hood shootings present Americans with two choices about how they think about American Muslims. One choice is reactive and negative, taking a horrible act of one American Muslim, Major Nidal Hasan, and saying that he represents all American Muslims. Another...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Nov 6, 2009 | Opinion
I wish I knew what to say, what to advise, what to suggest in the light of recent stories in which people with guns fell into a funk and “snapped” before erupting in unfathomable violence.In Fayetteville, N.C., a faithful church deacon who was to all...
by James L. Evans | Nov 6, 2009 | Opinion
There is a constant refrain in the faith tradition shared by Jews and Christians. It begins with the Law of Moses, flows through the prophets and finds perfect expression in the teaching of Jesus. This refrain is God’s concern for the poor. People of faith who...
by Wade Burleson | Nov 6, 2009 | Opinion
There is within my heart an affinity for those who “exalt Jesus Christ as Lord, and acknowledge His headship in all areas of our lives.” This is the confession of the writers over at QuiverFull.com. For this reason, there is always a check in my spirit...
by Monty Self | Nov 6, 2009 | Opinion
As a philosophy student, I came to understand that definitions are important. . All arguments depend on foundational propositions, and often those propositions are based on definitions and axioms. No wonder Socrates said, “The beginning of wisdom is the...
by Robert Parham | Nov 5, 2009 | Opinion
No political deception this year has been more shameful than that of Sarah Palin, the Christian Right and many Republicans who have tried to sabotage health care reform with the canard of “death panels.” Even after many myth-debunking articles and reports,...