by Michael Ruffin | Aug 26, 2009 | Opinion
My late mother was, according to the testimony of many whose perspective is much more unbiased than mine, one of the finest Christians you could have ever wanted to know, but she nonetheless provided me with a very good example of how messy mercy can be. One Sunday...
by Drew Smith | Aug 26, 2009 | Opinion
In recent days I have received and heard comments from folks who are against health care reform because, as they say, “Jesus would not worry about health care reform because Jesus was not concerned with politics.” Most of these people stress that Jesus was...
by John D. Pierce | Aug 25, 2009 | Opinion
A Phoenix taxi driver is planning to give one of his kidneys to Rita Van Loenen, a patient he has been taking to dialysis appointments recently according to news reports.Thomas Chappell told CNN that he heard God telling him to offer his kidney. The caring...
by Robert Parham | Aug 25, 2009 | Opinion
Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) told a packed town-hall meeting in Kingman, Ariz., that he is considering a lawsuit against President Obama over his birth certificate. For over a year, right-wing conspiracy theorists and political opportunists have argued that Obama is...
by Larry Greenfield | Aug 25, 2009 | Opinion
Reading the pep talk at the end of Ephesians, one could get the impression that the Christian game plan is all defense. The writer (or writers) of this epistle, penned in the name of the Apostle Paul, tells members of the company of Christ that they should put on the...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 24, 2009 | Opinion
So, do you know the word “demisemiseptcentennial”? It’s derived from Latin, of course, and literally means “half of a half of a 700 year period” (the word “quartoseptcentennial” serves the same purpose). Most of us would...
