by Neville Callam | Nov 9, 2016 | Opinion
For the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD), Oct. 31, 2017, will be a significant date on the calendar. Declared by the German parliament a nationwide public holiday, the day will bring to a close the EKD’s celebration of the 500th anniversary of Martin...
by Colin Harris | Nov 8, 2016 | Opinion
Writing this on the eve of Election Day at the end of the home stretch of the most contentious and bizarre election season in my memory feels a bit like one of Jesus’ first followers trying to write a gospel on Thursday of passion week. While most observers seem...
by Ferrell Foster | Nov 8, 2016 | Opinion
I stopped posting on social media about the presidential campaign a few weeks ago because I didn’t trust myself. I had not taken sides, but I was beginning to get angry and wanting to say mean things, to use unkind labels, to disrespect. It’s been hard not...
by Guy Sayles | Nov 8, 2016 | Opinion
Name-calling and “cussin'” were bad things my grandparents, parents and teachers told me not to do. My grandmother, Ada, once took a chunk of Ivory Soap (“99 44/100 pure”!) in her hand, held it less than a half-inch from my lips and threatened...
by Simon Jones | Nov 7, 2016 | Opinion
The last bus has left the refugee camp in Calais, France, known as the “jungle.” Closing the camp has reminded me of a second curse of today’s world (the first is too few people doing important jobs): our apparent commitment to brinksmanship. We...
by Larry Eubanks | Nov 7, 2016 | Opinion
Nowhere is the difference between the static and the dynamic views of the Bible more evident than in the ongoing evangelical debate regarding roles in marriage. The traditional view, called the complementarian view, sees the roles as tied to gender and fixed in...
