by Daniel Schweissing | Jan 16, 2018 | Opinion
Bart Campolo’s story is well-known. Confronted with his own mortality following a 2011 bike crash that left him with a severe concussion, Bart – the son of evangelical icon Tony Campolo – left behind his Christian faith and nearly three decades of...
by John D. Pierce | Jan 15, 2018 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce It may seem like a bigger challenge for fundamentalist ‘Christians’ than many have found it to be: claiming to be a Christian while supporting daily political offensives to the basic human ideals of decency, justice, equality and mercy that Jesus...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jan 14, 2018 | Opinion
To my friends around the world: Yes, America appears to have gone off the deep end wearing lead boots. No, we are not going to drown, despite the rising waters of bigotry and greed. Yes, evidence continues to mount that we have made a terrible mistake. Somehow, this...
by Colin Harris | Jan 12, 2018 | Opinion
Martin Luther King Jr., is a cultural hero, and deservedly so. His role in the long and arduous drama of the civil rights struggle is recognized and celebrated around the country and internationally. He is noted and quoted even by the political heirs of those who...
by Michael Parnell | Jan 12, 2018 | Opinion
A first word: This movie is not like how it is advertised. It looks like a comedy, but the comedic elements are really more of the dark variety. You may have seen the trailer for this film and thought, “Oh, milk chocolate.” But what you get is dark...
by Mitch Randall | Jan 11, 2018 | Opinion
The Prophet Amos condemned Israel’s profiteering while the poor went hungry: “They sell the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals – they who trample the head of the poor into the dust of the earth” (Amos 2:6-7). Concerned...