by Parush Parushev | Apr 22, 2002 | Opinion
Christendom has dissolved, but the seeds of anti-Semitism remain, as evidenced by the burning of synagogues in Marseilles and the anti-Semitic attacks in Montpellier and Paris at the beginning of April. Of course, you’ve heard that the church has been forced to...
by Dwight A. Moody | Apr 22, 2002 | Opinion
There is much discouraging news for Roman Catholics. Pope John Paul II is frail and faltering; the Benedictine Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem is under siege; an embarrassing and expensive scandal has engulfed the church in America. Pope John Paul II is frail and...
by Joel Snider | Apr 22, 2002 | Opinion
It is impossible to walk into a Christian bookstore and not be confronted with the marketing blitz and amazing popularity of the books written by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins. Many pundits credit the new wave of rapture-warning bumper stickers to the Left Behind...
by James Browning | Apr 19, 2002 | Opinion
In a pluralistic world, Christians dialogue with people of other faiths. Such dialogue need not be the “official” kind that takes place between religious leaders in political or academic settings. It may be: a conversation with a co-worker or neighbor; a...
by Johnny Lewis | Apr 19, 2002 | Opinion
Youth workers combing their local Christian bookstore for student devotional material often leave empty-handed. For all the books that exist in this genre, few deal with topics more complex than crowded lockers and rude siblings. Brent McDougal’s River of the...
by Mike Parnell | Apr 18, 2002 | Opinion
In John Ford’s masterpiece, “The Grapes of Wrath,” Casy, the preacher who lost the call, says, “So maybe there ain’t no sin an’ there ain’t no virtue. It’s just what people does. Some things folks do is nice and some...