by Tony W. Cartledge | Sep 19, 2015 | Opinion
If I had a dream place to get away from time to time, it would look like this: a small mountain cabin, a rustic porch, a cascading stream with a wooded slope beyond and no other houses in view. It’s a place for listening to crickets and birds adding their songs...
by Roger Olson | Sep 18, 2015 | Opinion
I grew up within classical Pentecostalism, a Christian tradition that by and large rejected the Word-Faith prosperity gospel when it emerged in the 1970s and 1980s. Yet, within a decade, most cities had at least one Word-Faith church dedicated to the gospel of health...
by Robert Parham | Sep 18, 2015 | Opinion
An unpublished manuscript documents the clash of beliefs between a British colonial officer and an American Baptist missionary, a clash of worldviews that would contribute to the religiously related violence in Nigeria. Two men had sharply contrasting views of...
by Matt Sapp | Sep 18, 2015 | Opinion
Prayer is a primary way we communicate with God, and it’s a primary way God communicates with us. If you go to church often, you have been reminded over and over again about the importance of prayer. You’ve been told, “You should have a quiet time...
by Nabil Costa | Sep 17, 2015 | Opinion
When historians look back on 2015, it likely will be remembered as the year the impact of the war in Syria was finally felt in Europe. Europeans are starting to meet the hundreds of thousands of victims of horrific conflict in Syria and Iraq on their terrain. I can...
by Roger Olson | Sep 17, 2015 | Opinion
Florida mega-church pastor and sometime religious television personality Paula White is emerging in news media coverage as a leading spokesperson for “American evangelicals.” Her church in suburban Orlando attracts about 20,000 attendees, and thousands...
