by Mitch Randall | Aug 15, 2019 | Opinion
Editor’s note: The following is a slightly revised version of a presentation titled “Theological Malpractice Stands Culpable in Sexual Abuse” that Randall made at the 2019 Christians for Biblical Equality International Conference in Houston on Aug. 4. The...
by Ken Sehested | Aug 15, 2019 | Opinion
The grocery stores’ circulars in the newspaper caught my attention one recent slow morning in mid-August. I began to wonder how things might be different if certain fortunes were reversed. Instead of “back-to-school,” it’s “back-to-basic-training” discount offers....
by Jack Moline | Aug 14, 2019 | Opinion
Is it all right to allow someone to live in benign ignorance if the result is somehow beneficial? There is a story I have heard in many versions that illustrates my question. It likely originates about 250 years ago with a rabbi named Moses Hagiz, who claims to...
by Kim Divelbiss | Aug 13, 2019 | Opinion
“Life is just hard,” I said on a recent morning to a co-worker as we caught up with one another. Having just returned from a weekend away from ministry, I am acutely aware there is no such vacation. The pain, sadness and senseless hatred do not rest. In my four days...
by Sean McKenzie | Aug 13, 2019 | Opinion
The strongest nativist argument concerning immigration focuses on the rule of law. On all other ground, the sand sinks fairly quickly. When pressed, conservatives will often concede that many unauthorized immigrants are good people fleeing poverty or danger. Honest...
by Stuart Blythe | Aug 13, 2019 | Opinion
Should street preachers be arrested? That is the topic of a recent article by John Stackhouse, who serves as Samuel J. Mikolaski Professor of Religious Studies at Crandall University in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. Stackhouse avoids rightly discussing the specific...