by Mark Woods | Oct 8, 2009 | Opinion
It is hard to imagine a sadder story than that of Fiona Pilkington, who died with her daughter, Francecca, in a burning car on Oct. 23, 2007. They had suffered years of abuse from neighborhood roughs. Francecca had a mental age of only 4. Their cries for help, from...
by Mike Parnell | Oct 8, 2009 | Opinion
There are always complaints that there are not many good roles for women in the movies. Women generally get roles where the girl is morally challenged but has a heart of gold. Or the woman is codependent and nothing short of a doormat. But this year has seen several...
by Trey Lyon | Oct 8, 2009 | Opinion
We were standing in the middle of the Nevsky Cathedral in Sofia, Bulgaria. A bright high-school senior from our church was walking around the cathedral in hushed reverence, gazing upward at the towering depictions of St. Cyril and St. Methodius who brought the Bible...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 7, 2009 | Opinion
Americans’ proclivity for do-it-yourself projects appears to be extending more and more into the religious arena, a tendency that has serious implications for the church. Parade Magazine recently reported on a survey of “Spirituality in America,” and...
by James L. Evans | Oct 7, 2009 | Opinion
I have written a few columns recently suggesting that health-care reform is not only needed, but is also a moral imperative. It is a gross national sin for us to have the medical resources we have and then only provide them to people who can pay for them. Jesus’...
by Drew Smith | Oct 7, 2009 | Opinion
Editor’s note: This is the second part of a series in which Drew Smith, director of international programs at Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, Ark., examines what it means to be a progressive Christian. In my last column, I told briefly my story of...
