Why Future Christians Will Be Mystics

For many years now, I’ve had a growing conviction that the great Catholic theologian Karl Rahner was right to have claimed: “The Christian of the future will be a mystic or will not exist at all.” He meant that people will either have a dynamic,...

U.S. Apathetic to Middle East Injustices

I once had an argument with an American atheist Jew, who insisted that being a Jew was a matter of ethnicity and had nothing to do with “religion.” Later, I found that I had on my side Jonathan Sacks, perhaps the most articulate and winsome spokesperson...

Overturning tables — and misconceptions

By John Pierce My parents, other relatives, neighbors, school teachers and church leaders taught me to value good manners. I still do (except when driving). I try to speak kindly to others, to be gracious in social settings and to be mindful enough to hold the door...

Adversity and Joy: Life Sends Both Your Way

Life seems to throw things at you in unexpected ways. You have things planned out, routines plotted and dreams of smooth sailing, when, suddenly, you are inundated with a wave of adversity. Adversity is a part of life. We know that, but we do not like that. We know...

Why Baptist Churches Are More Than Family

Editor’s note: This column is another of several EthicsDaily.com will carry from an initiative from Great Britain called “Beyond400.net – Baptists Imagining Life After 400 Years.” I wonder why you became a Baptist. Maybe you never did: perhaps...

Newsweek Feeds Fear

Newsweek’s cover story trumpeted, “The Global War on Christians in the Muslim World.” The once dependable weekly news magazine has of late been slipping from news to opinion, from civil discourse to pages peppered with profanity, and from substantive...