by Phillip Larsen | Sep 13, 2012 | Opinion
“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” – John 16:33 Three years ago in Iran, a pastor named Youcef Nardarkhani was jailed and sentenced to death for...
by Diana Farhood | Sep 13, 2012 | Opinion
“Migration and the Changing Ecclesial Landscape: Who is My Neighbor?” was the theme of a regional conference of the World Council of Church’s Global Ecumenical Network on Migration held in Beirut, Lebanon, Dec. 5-7, 2011. It was followed up by an...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Sep 12, 2012 | Opinion
In a class called “Teaching the Bible to Youth and Adults” at Campbell University Divinity School, my students were asked to think about the Bible as a metanarrative for understanding our place in the world (one of our textbooks is The Drama of Scripture:...
by Grace Ji-Sun Kim | Sep 12, 2012 | Opinion
Cape Town, South Africa, is one of the most stunning places I have visited. The landscape is unforgettable: mountains, blue waves, pristine beaches, rich soil. Juxtaposed to the beauty of the land, however, are townships that are an ugly reminder of the past. I...
by David Kerrigan | Sep 12, 2012 | Opinion
In recent years, a number of cases in Great Britain have gone to court involving Christians who claim they have been victims of discrimination. Often the decisions against these Christians have been upheld, the cumulative effect of which has been to give rise to the...
by Robert Parham | Sep 12, 2012 | Opinion
The claim that the Democratic Party is a party of faith is as strikingly exaggerated as the claim that the GOP stands for God’s Only Party. The Baptist Center for Ethics has long covered and constantly challenged the dangerous ties between the Christian Right...
