by Roger Olson | Oct 11, 2019 | Opinion
I used to see a bumper sticker on cars that read, “If You’re Not Outraged, You’re Not Paying Attention.” That is my message to all of my fellow Americans today. In recent days, America’s head of state and head of government and commander in chief of the armed forces...
by Quentin P. Kinnison | Oct 11, 2019 | Opinion
Editor’s note: This article first appeared on Oct. 4, 2010. At the time of publication, Kinnison was contemporary Christian ministries professor and the program director of Christian ministry and leadership at Fresno Pacific University. It is reposted to call...
by Mitch Randall | Oct 10, 2019 | Opinion
The Green Bay Packers played the Dallas Cowboys in Arlington, Texas, last Sunday. While the game was less than thrilling (the Packers won easily), another scene caught the attention of fans. As the action of the field slowed, broadcasters decided to pan the stadium...
by Jack Moline | Oct 10, 2019 | Opinion
I was in a classroom not so long ago in which a renowned scholar was trying to persuade students, who were preparing to embark on a leadership career, to embrace a teaching of Max Weber: Politics is striving to share power (or distribute resources). One student...
by John D. Pierce | Oct 9, 2019 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce Indeed, truth can be unsettling. That’s why so many ignore it in favor of false but more comfortable narratives. For those who dare to face uncomfortable truth — since Jesus said such is the key to personal and spiritual freedom — there is a new...
by Ron Rolheiser | Oct 9, 2019 | Opinion
According to Isaac the Syrian, a famous seventh-century bishop and theologian, a person who’s genuinely humble gives off a certain scent that other people will sense and that even animals will pick up, so that wild animals, including snakes, will fall under its spell...
