by Rebecca Prater | Apr 5, 2002 | Opinion
Congregants sometimes ask questions that cause clergy to polish a new edge on their philosophy of music in worship. As minister of music and worship, I was recently faced with such a question. A congregant asked why we use the music of a composer who has been charged...
by Gary Farley | Apr 5, 2002 | Opinion
Even while the small textile and electronics plants of rural America have been closing, modern agriculture has become increasingly industrialized. Traditionally, family farms produced a healthy assortment of row crops, forage and livestock. Presently, they are being...
by Cliff Vaughn | Apr 4, 2002 | Opinion
“With violent conflict between Israelis and Palestinians again raging in the Middle East, their media images assume even greater weight and loom especially large,” wrote Howard Rosenberg in the Los Angeles Times. Rosenberg’s words resonate eerily...
by Pam Durso | Apr 3, 2002 | Opinion
Martin Luther’s historic act on Oct. 31, 1517, had innumerable repercussions for the Christian faith. One significant outcome of his reforming movement was the development of the Lutheran Church, which quickly extended beyond the borders of Germany. Today there...
by John Finley | Apr 3, 2002 | Opinion
Much has been said about the similarities and differences between the 1925, 1963 and 2000 Baptist Faith and Message adopted by the Southern Baptist Convention. Not nearly as much attention has been paid to the importance of the statements’ respective preambles....
by Everett Goodwin | Apr 2, 2002 | Opinion
What does it mean when a religious leader—a recognized moral leader—is discovered to have used the unattributed words or ideas of others? Is the message’s truth diminished by plagiarism? Students are catechized to believe there is no greater sin than copying...
