by Mark Tidsworth | Apr 10, 2018 | Opinion
Remember Uncle Screwtape’s lengthy and insightful advice to his nephew Wormwood in the “Screwtape Letters,” published in 1942, by C.S. Lewis? Senior demon Uncle Screwtape advises junior demon Nephew Wormwood on how to turn “the patient”...
by Patrick DeVane | Apr 9, 2018 | Opinion
My mother served as the principal of two different public schools I attended. Most of the time it was not an issue. In seventh grade, however, I did learn that it is especially awkward being called to the principal’s office when your mom is the one who is...
by Gordon King | Apr 9, 2018 | Opinion
New Testament scholar John P. Meier wrote of the enormous distance between the social world of Jesus and modern Western societies in their views of unclean spirits and exorcism. People of the first-century Mediterranean world, Jews and Gentiles, were apprehensive...
by Brad Moore | Apr 6, 2018 | Opinion
I was a youth minister for 10 years before I became a public school educator. During that decade, I don’t recall ever asking for a raise or an increase in the youth budget that I was responsible for. The truth is that I never thought I should ask for more than...
by Steve Straessle | Apr 6, 2018 | Opinion
The nightly news is full of reports from schools. From the scenes of striking educators in West Virginia to the horror of the shooting in Florida, teachers have occupied my mind a lot these days. Of course, I work in a school and teach a couple of classes, but my...
by Leroy Seat | Apr 6, 2018 | Opinion
Everyone has heard much about God’s love. But do we sufficiently comprehend the extent of that love? Probably not. To begin with, it is important for us to realize that God’s love is not just for human beings. Perhaps Christianity through the centuries has...
