by Starlette Thomas | Apr 29, 2019 | Opinion
Martin Luther King Jr. famously said, “The most segregated hour of Christian America is 11 o’clock on Sunday morning.” We repeat his words as a matter of fact, not as a challenge. It has been named and noted. But rather than shake our heads in agreement, I ask, “What...
by Ircel Harrison | Apr 29, 2019 | Opinion
You can always count on your students to bring you back down to earth. In the seminary class I teach at Central Baptist Theological Seminary on Missional Imagination, we challenge students “to think, imagine, innovate and lead in ways that foster ministry startups and...
by Aaron Weaver | Apr 26, 2019 | Opinion
An oil tanker spilled off the coast of Santa Barbara, California, 50 years ago in January 1969. At the time, this was the largest oil spill in United States history, and it was one of the first disasters that the American public experienced visually through images and...
by Jonathan Davis | Apr 26, 2019 | Opinion
The year was 1969, and Roger Waters was on the Mediterranean island of Ibiza, 49 miles off the coast of Spain. The sky was blue, the water was crystal-clear, and the sun’s heat reflected off the sand. The lush green vegetation that covered the island added to the...
by John Weaver | Apr 26, 2019 | Opinion
A wide-ranging, comprehensive and informative exploration of nuclear energy for the non-specialist is presented in Robert S. Dutch’s 2017 book, “Let There Be Light! Nuclear Energy: A Christian Case.” There is an open examination of the pros and cons of the nuclear...
by Mitch Randall | Apr 25, 2019 | Opinion
It seems poetic that Earth Day arrived one day behind Easter Sunday. After a week when Jesus talked about stones crying out, forthcoming earthquakes, experiencing the darkness of Good Friday, and the earth shaking that split the curtain in the Holy of Holies, Easter...
