by Paul Beasley-Murray | May 1, 2014 | Opinion
In the week that dame Sally Davies, chief medical officer in Britain, declared that obesity is now so common that society is “normalizing being overweight,” I attended a ministers’ meeting where two-thirds of those present were grossly overweight. I...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Apr 30, 2014 | Opinion
Archaeologists working at the base of the southern and western walls of Jerusalem’s Temple Mount recently discovered a metal chisel that they believe was dropped from a high course of the wall during its construction some 2,000 years ago. That chisel could have...
by Chuck Summers | Apr 30, 2014 | Opinion
The second Sunday of Easter was designated as Earth Stewardship Sunday in the denomination I serve. One of the most meaningful Easter messages for me is God’s ability to bring good from bad situations. This is especially applicable to God’s care for...
by Martin Accad | Apr 30, 2014 | Opinion
During a conference I was attending in Ghana, I joined a group on a visit to one of the “slave castles” on the southern coast. I expected it to be another touristic experience, as ancient castles are no rare sight in my country, Lebanon. I am not known to...
by Robert Parham | Apr 30, 2014 | Opinion
Bruce Springsteen’s lyrics from the song “Streets of Philadelphia” have never been more haunting. “I heard voices of friends vanished and gone … Night has fallen, I’m lyin’ awake. I can feel myself fading away,” he sings. Two...
by Jesse Wheeler | Apr 29, 2014 | Opinion
Bad theology kills. For many, the subject of “theology” invokes the image of old white men with impressive beards and antiquated ideas sitting in ivory seminary towers writing really big books that nobody reads. Yet within everything we think, say and do...
