by Joe Phelps | Apr 21, 2005 | Opinion
“Justice Sunday–Stopping the Filibuster Against People of Faith,” is being staged at Louisville’s Highview Baptist, a church. The name is so similar to my church, Highland Baptist, that they are often mistaken for each other. Despite the name...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Apr 21, 2005 | Opinion
The German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) made the scandalous proclamation that “God is dead” in one of his well-known works, Die fröhliche Wissenschaft (1882). The church’s initial reaction was to condemn him and his brand of...
by Britt Towery | Apr 19, 2005 | Opinion
My pick of cartoons last week was done by Mike Luckovich of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. It shows a tax preparer asking a couple in his office: “Would you like your refund automatically sent to your gas station?” Last week I had to drive to San...
by Michael Helms | Apr 18, 2005 | Opinion
I am blessed to have many Catholic friends in my community. At times we have engaged in discussions about faith matters and we have even had opportunity to worship together. Last year Trinity Baptist Church and Immaculate Conception Catholic Church held a joint Ash...
by Jan Turrentine | Apr 15, 2005 | Opinion
Some time ago, a survey by The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life revealed that each day, more than 3 million people get religious or spiritual material from the Internet. Today’s numbers are no doubt much higher. Other statistics around that same time...
by Cliff Vaughn | Apr 14, 2005 | Opinion
Whenever I arrive at Los Angeles International Airport, I always head straight to the taxi station for a ride to the hotel. Most of my taxi drivers haven’t been chatty. But the cabbie I’ll call Joe was. “How are you?” he asked in his slight...