by Robert Parham | Apr 9, 2003 | Opinion
Does the body count of civilians in the U.S.-led attack on Iraq matter morally? If the question is asked of the American press, their overall coverage answers “no.” For three weeks, the American media have shown mostly images of war’s glory, not...
by Marv Knox | Apr 8, 2003 | Opinion
If you love irony, Palm Sunday’s for you. This coming Sunday, one week before Easter, Christians around the globe will remember Jesus’ short trip from Bethany to Jerusalem five days before his crucifixion. We call it Palm Sunday because of what happened...
by James L. Evans | Apr 8, 2003 | Opinion
We have found ourselves facing some crisis that forced us to choose either a Barabbas-like solution or the Jesus option. So far, we have not fared any better than that first Good Friday crowd. We keep choosing violence over peace, death over life, and hate over love....
by Gary Leazer | Apr 8, 2003 | Opinion
All Kurds dream of a free Kurdistan, and they hope the overthrow of Saddam Hussein will help them turn dream into reality. The Medes and the Chaldeans captured Nineveh in 612 B.C., 130 years after Jonah was sent to “that great city” (Jon 1:2). Cyrus,...
by Jim Ball | Apr 7, 2003 | Opinion
Much of the fighting and dying of the war has and will occur around the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, described for years by Western historians as “the birthplace of civilization.” Much of the fighting and dying of the war has and will occur around the...
by Ron Sisk | Apr 7, 2003 | Opinion
As much as possible, people should work out their conflicts within their own community of faith. It won’t always work, and people do have legitimate reasons for changing congregations. But pastors who make it too easy contribute little to the spiritual welfare...
