by Bill Pitts | Oct 24, 2019 | Opinion
The ongoing task of ethical education is to provide each generation guidance for moral decisions. For much of the history of the church, the tradition in ethical education has focused on individuals and the consequences of their personal decisions and actions. But for...
by Libby Grammer | Oct 23, 2019 | Opinion
Being the church in an era of deep political divide has become extremely difficult. From pastors in “purple” churches keeping silent on politicized moral issues to the clarion call to always address every political issue from the pulpit, it seems that pastors like...
by Michael Cheuk | Oct 23, 2019 | Opinion
Educating Christians about racial justice is one of the most important tasks in the life of the white American church. It is important because racial injustice is not just “the flavor of the month” on a menu of issues that the church could address. As Jim Wallis has...
by Myles Werntz | Oct 22, 2019 | Opinion
In the world of Christian ethics, it is generally assumed that what proceeds by way of ethics has to be rooted in the Scriptures in some way, but what that means is as divided as the church is. For some, “biblical ethics” means not only that one’s ethic is a...
by Curtis Ramsey-Lucas | Oct 22, 2019 | Opinion
“Sisters and brothers” – it’s a widely used address in local churches that some pastors are now questioning. In a recent Facebook group post, Kathy Donley, pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church in Albany, New York, asked for alternative ways to address her congregation....
by Laura Landgraf | Oct 22, 2019 | Opinion
It’s incendiary, the bomb of incest or molestation. One moment, life as you know it is sailing along; the next it has exploded before your very eyes. In a state of shock, you wonder what just happened, or if what just happened really did happen. Surely, it’s a dream –...
