by John D. Pierce | Apr 27, 2015 | Opinion
By John Pierce We have just two rooms (with queen beds) remaining for individuals or couples wanting to join us for: NURTURING FAITH EXPERIENCE: MONTANA Historic Belton Chalet, West Glacier, Mont. JULY 13-18 Leader: Ken Mottram, a hospital chaplain and experienced...
by Phil Jump | Apr 27, 2015 | Opinion
The issue of trust is one that has increasingly found its way onto our political agenda, yet sadly it is often for the wrong reasons. A January 2015 MORI poll indicated that only 16 percent of the British public trust politicians to tell them the truth, placing them...
by Agnes Howard | Apr 27, 2015 | Opinion
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was found guilty on 30 counts. Jurors – and everyone else in and around Boston – now contemplate sentencing. Discussions about the death penalty have a strange ring in Massachusetts, a state that renounced it in 1984 and had its last...
by Gershon Nimbalker | Apr 24, 2015 | Opinion
Fellow believers have said to me recently that Christianity and politics don’t mix, and our focus should be evangelism. This view, or some variant on it, seems to be held by many Christian politicians as well. In a recent discussion with a member of government,...
by Roger Olson | Apr 24, 2015 | Opinion
Both the political and religious left and the political and religious right do it. It’s become the strategy of choice for ideologues who want to manipulate public opinion for a cause. It’s a sure sign of demagoguery and ought to be called out....
by Ircel Harrison | Apr 24, 2015 | Opinion
I was well into my second decade of ministry when my friend, Milt Hughes, brought alive a verse from the Bible that changed the way I looked at what I was doing. The text is 2 Timothy 2:2. The New International Version translates it this way: “And the things you...
