by John Wilsey | Aug 30, 2012 | Opinion
Robert Parham recently interviewed former president Jimmy Carter on Christians’ moral responsibility regarding just treatment of prisoners. Carter lamented that Christians are often more focused on retribution than on soul care of inmates. Carter said that...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 29, 2012 | Opinion
Readers who aren’t on George Barna’s email list might be interested to know of a recent series of surveys his organization has done on the views and feelings of Christian women. For the purposes of the telephone survey, which included 603 randomly chosen...
by Guy Sayles | Aug 29, 2012 | Opinion
When Anne Lamott was expecting her son, Sam, she realized how much she feared that she would be unable to provide adequately for his needs. She remembered that, during her own childhood, her parents were so cheap that they didn’t keep Band-Aids in the...
by Colin Harris | Aug 29, 2012 | Opinion
It has been almost 34 years since the tragic deaths in Jonestown of nearly a thousand people, most by their own choice, under the control of a charismatic leader who had managed to exploit their vulnerabilities into an unconditional loyalty. So powerful was the impact...
by Robert Parham | Aug 29, 2012 | Opinion
When two Catholic bishops, two Episcopal bishops, one Methodist bishop, one Lutheran bishop and one AME Zion bishop gather in one room, what do you get? Add to the conclave a Catholic sister who has appeared recently on both “The Colbert Report” and...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Aug 28, 2012 | Opinion
Then, they will reply, “Lord, when did we see you hungry and fed you?” (Matthew 25:37) Seldom did I see an overweight person while living in Indonesia. In fact, at the food market I noticed a jamu (indigenous medicine) whose properties were supposed to...
