by Michael Helms | Feb 19, 2015 | Opinion
My wife and I have had our insurance with the same company for 30 years. My parents have had their insurance with the same company for 50 years. We are loyal customers. We don’t compare prices. We are satisfied with our service. I have had my phone service with...
by Jim Somerville | Feb 19, 2015 | Opinion
At one point on my recent trip to the Middle East, a U.S. Army chaplain said to me with tears in his eyes, “We are at the beginning of something like the Protestant Reformation, and Father Nabil Haddad is like Martin Luther.” Father Nabil Haddad is the...
by Britt Hester | Feb 18, 2015 | Opinion
Lent is the remembrance of and participation in the temptation of Jesus in the wilderness where he fasted and prayed for 40 days before beginning his public ministry (Matthew 4:1-11; Mark 1:12-13; Luke 4:1-13). The Lenten tradition calls us to consider those things we...
by Roger Olson | Feb 18, 2015 | Opinion
I have read many newspaper columns complaining that atheists are unjustly discriminated against when they are excluded by nonchurch organizations, such as Alcoholics Anonymous and the Boy Scouts. Two specific cases come to mind. First, a few years ago a high school...
by Bill Wilson | Feb 18, 2015 | Opinion
Two of the most dangerous words in a minister’s vocabulary are, “Yes, but…” These are also two of the most destructive words a congregation will ever utter. The order of their utterance is important. First we say, “Yes. I agree. We agree. This...
by Barry Howard | Feb 17, 2015 | Opinion
I was prompted to rethink my own presuppositions about stewardship after reading Ron Sider’s probing book, “Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger: Moving from Affluence to Generosity,” several years ago. More recently, I have been thinking more deeply...
