by Arthur Brown | Oct 16, 2012 | Opinion
John Stott, in commenting on the Lausanne statement on Christian Social Responsibility, suggests that “it is our duty to be involved in socio-political action; that is, both in social action (caring for society’s casualties) and in political action...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 15, 2012 | Opinion
My ears are still ringing. Even the one that’s mostly deaf. Last night, in an ongoing effort to expand my cultural horizons, I attended a concert by “The Australian Pink Floyd Show” at the Durham Performing Arts Center. For a variety of reasons...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 15, 2012 | Opinion
Protestants in America made big news last week – by officially becoming a minority. A major study by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life in 2007 showed that American Protestants, at 51.3 percent of the population, were “on the verge of becoming a minority...
by Robert Parham | Oct 15, 2012 | Opinion
Bad news is at every turn. Nigeria’s Boko Haram kills Muslims and Christians. The Syrian government kills its own people. The war in Afghanistan extends into year 12 with thousands of deaths and half a trillion dollars spent. Rape is a weapon of war in the...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 12, 2012 | Opinion
Did you get one of those chain emails claiming that a bunch of churches in Charlotte tried to send gift baskets to representatives at the Democratic National Convention, but the Democrats refused them because they came from churches whose views on women or abortion...
by Grace Ji-Sun Kim | Oct 12, 2012 | Opinion
Sustainability has become one of the most important issues in our time, and in a hundred years, it may be the single most important issue. We have heard that if we do not sustain our resources, we are on the road to destruction. On this issue, Winona LaDuke, a noted...
