by Leroy Seat | Aug 5, 2019 | Opinion
Wendell Berry, the inimitable farmer, who is also a novelist, poet, essayist, environmental activist and cultural critic, is celebrating his 85th birthday today. I now refer to Berry as “my favorite farmer.” Why would I do that? (And who would have a list of favorite...
by John D. Pierce | Aug 2, 2019 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce The tendency of many is to stay entrenched in support of systems of injustice — offering “biblical” rationalizations unrecognizable by Jesus — until the larger culture forces social change. Then, much later, to either offer a long-overdue apology for...
by Sue Smith | Aug 2, 2019 | Christian Nationalism, Opinion
Christian nationalism is on the rise. Proponents would have us believe that our faith tradition is threatened by religious and cultural diversity, and that a stronger tie between church and state is necessary to save our nation from ruin. But this dangerous way of...
by Rob Sellers | Aug 2, 2019 | Christian Nationalism, Opinion
I had the privilege of living and ministering for almost 25 years in Indonesia, the beautiful string of island pearls that wraps some 3,100 miles along the equator in southeast Asia. Blessed with surprising biodiversity, fascinating and distinct cultures, a wealth of...
by Bruce Prescott | Aug 2, 2019 | Opinion
Editor’s note: This article first appeared on Oct. 25, 2010. At the time of publication, Prescott was executive director of Mainstream Oklahoma Baptists, president of the Norman, Oklahoma, chapter of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, and host of...
by Mitch Randall | Aug 1, 2019 | Christian Nationalism, Opinion
Captain Richard H. Pratt delivered a speech in 1892 addressing the education of Native Americans. His words are haunting: “A great general has said that the only good Indian is a dead one, and that high sanction of his destruction has been an enormous factor in...
