by Robert Parham | Nov 20, 2003 | Opinion
Most thoughtful Christians reside uncomfortably between the extremes on the issue of homosexuality, between the demonization and sanctification of homosexual practice. One extreme demonizes homosexuals at every turn, making homosexuality the unforgivable sin. Baptist...
by Mike Parnell | Nov 19, 2003 | Opinion
There was a time when Hollywood made big pictures. Wide panoramas filled large, curved screens. Those big screens held larger than life characters driven by ambitious ideals and values. But, as Norma Desmond declared in “Sunset Boulevard,”...
by Richard Wilson | Nov 18, 2003 | Opinion
Mention of Harry Emerson Fosdick usually brings to mind his very public role in the fundamentalist-modernist controversy that rattled Protestant America early in the 1920s. In 1918 Fosdick accepted the position as preaching minister at the First Presbyterian Church of...
by Steven S. Ivy | Nov 17, 2003 | Opinion
One of the remarkable advances in 20th century medicine was the development of techniques for moving bodily fluids and organs from one body to another. This scientific advancement has challenged the symbolic meanings of body and body parts long held by Christians....
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Nov 17, 2003 | Opinion
Race and ethnicity play a significant role in determining who is, and who is not, insured. African Americans are twice as likely as whites–and Latina/os three times as likely–to lack health coverage. Higher uninsured rates exist among these disenfranchised...
by Barry Howard | Nov 17, 2003 | Opinion
Throughout the Bible, there are a variety of statements urging people of faith to be faithful witnesses, in both conversation and action, before those who are not yet a part of the community of faith. In Eugene Peterson’s popular translation, The Message, the...
