by Barry Howard | Feb 12, 2002 | Opinion
I learned some of life’s most valuable lessons in Sunday School. I know that best-selling author Robert Fulghum argued that all he really needed to know he learned in kindergarten. Although Fulghum’s works are among my favorites, I cannot identify with him...
by Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove | Feb 12, 2002 | Opinion
Following President Bush’s promise to wipe out terrorism wherever it exists, U.S. troops began training exercises with the Armed Forces of the Philippines late last week on Basilan island. Basilan is home to the Islamic separatist group Abu Sayyaf, the suspected...
by Robert Parham | Feb 11, 2002 | Opinion
Speaking at the 50th anniversary of the National Prayer Breakfast, President Bush encouraged tolerance. “For millions of Americans, the practice of tolerance is a command of faith,” he said. “For millions of Americans, the practice of tolerance is a...
by Cliff Vaughn | Feb 8, 2002 | Opinion
A hidden agenda, circular reasoning, mistranslations and quoting out of context are a few “tactics” missionaries employ to convert Muslims, according to a Web site about Islam. Cyber Islam (www.cyberislam.com), founded two years ago by Muslim students...
by Gary Farley | Feb 8, 2002 | Opinion
The rural sociology department of the University of Missouri asked pastors and lay leaders of about 400 rural churches across that state to list the advantages and disadvantages of rural church life and ministry. Responses seemed to cluster around 10 advantages and 10...
by Roland Marcus | Feb 8, 2002 | Opinion
From the time he authored his first play, “The Garden Party,” in 1963 until he was elected as first president of the Czech and Slovak Federated Republic, Vaclav Havel demonstrated his propensity for “living in the truth,” a central theme of his...