by James L. Evans | Feb 16, 2004 | Opinion
It was hardly a century ago that social activists launched a crusade to save children from the exploitation of industry. Children, some as young as 9 years old, were often forced to work 10 and 12 hour shifts in America’s factories and foundries. Even in rural...
by Jan Turrentine | Feb 13, 2004 | Opinion
We’ll turn your house into a home, the slick TV commercial for a national furniture store chain promises. The concept is simple: fill your house with furniture from this store, and your house will become a warm, happy, inviting place where children get along,...
by Roger Thomas | Feb 13, 2004 | Opinion
A great many Christians proclaim to those who will listen that there is no such thing as luck; everything happens for a reason. With this kind of philosophy, Buffalo Bills fans must think that God really has it in for them. Perhaps things like the Super Bowl are not...
by Michael Tutterow | Feb 12, 2004 | Opinion
Robert Webber believes the road to the church’s future runs through its past. In the third installment of his “Ancient-Future Faith” series, Webber, the Myers Professor of Ministry at Northern Seminary and president of the Institute for Worship...
by James Browning | Feb 12, 2004 | Opinion
Christians, Jews, Muslims and other theists seek to discern and follow the will of God. It may surprise them to learn that there are other religious practitioners who do not believe in a personal deity. How do you find meaning and purpose in life if you do not believe...
by Mike Parnell | Feb 11, 2004 | Opinion
Langston Hughes wrote of what takes place when a dream is deferred. He used graphic terms, like rotten meat and running sores. But sometimes a dream deferred is a fire that burns in a person. “Miracle” tells the story of the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team....
