by Sam Davidson | Jan 3, 2008 | Opinion
If you’ve been alive the last two weeks, and will continue to be alive in the upcoming two weeks, you’ll see a lot of stuff on TV, online, and in print about the pressure to make–and keep–the bane of January’s existence: New Year’s...
by Peter Laws | Jan 3, 2008 | Opinion
If I told you your soul was a pig, would you be offended? You wouldn’t be in Philip Pullman’s world of “The Golden Compass.” That’s because in this parallel universe people don’t walk around with their souls inside their bodies,...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jan 2, 2008 | Opinion
Being a peacemaker may not have made most people’s New Year’s resolutions list, but it’s not to late to add it. Jesus did, after all, declare peacemakers to be blessed, according to Matt. 5:9. The Greek word used by the gospel writer could be...
by Rabbi Rami Shapiro | Jan 2, 2008 | Opinion
At a news conference in November 2005, Cardinal Paul Poupard, head of the Pontifical Council for Culture, defended Darwin’s theory of evolution over and against Intelligent Design. “The fundamentalists want to give a scientific meaning to words that had no...
by Sheila Musaji | Jan 2, 2008 | Opinion
Recently, someone who had visited The American Muslim site sent me an e-mail with links to a couple of articles and asking me to explain why all the violence in the world involved Muslims. The first article “The Difference Between Christianity and Islam”...
by John D. Pierce | Jan 1, 2008 | Opinion
New Year’s Day is the ultimate “hangin’ out” time. Family, friends, food and football top the loose agenda.I’ll do my best to repress all thoughts of Baptists issues and a fast approaching publishing deadline. And I’ll leave the...
