by Joel Snider | Nov 6, 2013 | Opinion
Our church has just entered into its annual stewardship season. I find it impossible to consider my own, personal stewardship without considering my relationship to “stuff.” An honest Christian will have to admit that a major factor in a decision about...
by Bob Newell | Nov 6, 2013 | Opinion
It was a powerful, nonverbal symbol recognized by every player on the old New York Yankees baseball club during their successful 1956 season. When manager Casey Stengel wanted to signal the identity of the person he had chosen to pitch for the next game, he would get...
by John D. Pierce | Nov 5, 2013 | Opinion
By John Pierce The Gospel Train carries me to church on Sunday mornings via satellite radio. The good picking turns exclusively to praising on the Bluegrass Junction channel for a few hours each Lord’s Day. My daughter Abigail was with me recently when the...
by Stacy Sergent Lawton | Nov 5, 2013 | Opinion
Pastoral Care Week is a time set aside by organizations and individuals around the world to recognize the contributions of professional chaplains and pastoral counselors. Each year, a different aspect of pastoral care is brought to light with the annual theme. This...
by Justin Randall Phillips | Nov 5, 2013 | Opinion
There has been little rest for the politically weary since the 2012 election. A nation in full-time campaign mode, seeking constantly to win new converts to one’s side, has made little time for cooperation. Perhaps Christians are coming to recognize through this...
by Simon Jones | Nov 5, 2013 | Opinion
Nothing reveals the upside-down nature of God’s Kingdom quite as much as Jesus’ response to the devil’s temptations (see Matthew 4:1-11; Luke 4:1-13). Satan offered Jesus a range of right-side-up options, straight out of the world’s political...
