by James L. Evans | Apr 29, 2004 | Opinion
Judge Roy Moore may no longer be front page news, but his strange political theology has spawned a movement that seems to be gaining headway every day. With the judge as the frequent headliner, leaders within the Christian Right are organizing Ten Commandment rallies...
by Jeff Woods | Apr 29, 2004 | Opinion
Is a clergyperson a professional? The answer to that depends upon who is talking and the criteria used to decide. Approaching the question from the angle of “standards” yields an affirmative response. Most clergy strive for very high standards in both...
by Ron Sisk | Apr 28, 2004 | Opinion
The first attack ads of the political season are airing now. Extravagant in their claims and vicious in their tone, they remind us that nothing is necessarily true just because somebody says it. They also provide an instructive analogy to the task of preaching. Too...
by Mike Parnell | Apr 27, 2004 | Opinion
Why did the religious ruling elite dog Jesus’ path? In the gospels, it seems this group attended all of Jesus’ public events. Was it merely a clash over theology? Or could there have been something deeper and more personal involved? Mark Millar and Peter...
by Walter B. Shurden | Apr 27, 2004 | Opinion
I believe that church growth says almost nothing about a church’s faithfulness to the Lord Jesus Christ. Likewise, I believe that a church’s decline says almost nothing about that church’s lack of faithfulness to the Lord Jesus Christ. All of the...
by Cliff Vaughn | Apr 27, 2004 | Opinion
Prime-time television is getting better at reflecting the diversity of the U.S. population, but it still falls short on this all-important front, a new study says. While Latino characters are more prevalent on prime-time TV shows than they were a year ago,...