by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 6, 2012 | Opinion
Rio de Janiero has its iconic 120-foot-tall Jesus looking over the city; Santiago has his mother. Atop Cerro San Cristobal, a healthy 45-minute uphill hike behind the hotel where the Baptist World Alliance is meeting, a 66-foot-tall statue of the Virgin Mary looks out...
by Drew Smith | Jul 6, 2012 | Opinion
It is often said that Jesus had more to say about money than any other subject. From his statements about wealth and possessions, to his parables about agriculture and land, to his calling his followers to invest in treasures in heaven, Jesus’ teachings are...
by Martin Marty | Jul 6, 2012 | Opinion
“Forecaster of the Future, Is Dead at 81” headlines the obituary of Anthony J. Wiener in the New York Times. He and Herman Kahn in 1967 co-authored “The Year 2000: A Framework for Speculation on the Next Thirty-Three Years,” a book much favored...
by James L. Evans | Jul 6, 2012 | Opinion
One of the things that burdens me as a minister and as a Christian is the disdain that so many believers have about the poor in our world. There is a pervasive mythology that people are poor because they want to be. They are lazy and listless; they spend their money...
by Guy Sayles | Jul 5, 2012 | Opinion
As electioneering gets as intense as this summer heat wave, I’m hoping against hope for an outbreak of civility. Civility is a public virtue that is simple to praise and complicated to practice. It’s easy to dream about and hard to make a reality in the...
by Colin Harris | Jul 5, 2012 | Opinion
My earliest memory of encountering the Ten Commandments was in Mr. Orth’s Sunday school class in the junior department. Some of them were relatively easy to understand: “Don’t kill, don’t steal, don’t worship other gods.” Some...
