by Terrell Carter | Feb 20, 2019 | Opinion
One of the questions the U.S. has faced since its founding is “Who belongs here and who doesn’t?” One of the criteria for determining the answer has been a person’s willingness to follow the law, or a set of rules. Unfortunately, the church has faced the same question...
by Bill Pitts | Feb 19, 2019 | Opinion
Walter Rauschenbusch was consumed with a passion for social justice. Trained in Rochester seminary as a Baptist minister, he accepted a call in 1886 by the Second German Baptist Church in New York City, where he served for 11 years. He was fluent in German as well as...
by Michael Leathers | Feb 19, 2019 | Opinion
Walking into the courtroom in Olney, Illinois, to cover the pre-trial proceedings of a pastor facing sexual assault charges involving teenage girls, I noticed the audience seating arrangement. The rows of seats were raked so the back row was higher than the front. The...
by James L. Evans | Feb 19, 2019 | Opinion
Did your parents ever say to you, “Sticks and stones may break your bones, but names can never harm you?” Mine did and, well, it turns out they were wrong. Words hurt and may do great harm in a person’s life. Depending on who is doing the name-calling, the use of...
by Colin Holtz | Feb 18, 2019 | Opinion
When William Wilberforce mounted a decades-long campaign to ban slavery in the British Empire, his deep evangelical piety sustained him. When Ida B. Wells risked her life to expose the horrors of lynching, she did so out of a faith in a crucified God. Oscar Romero was...
by Jim Kelsey | Feb 18, 2019 | Opinion
Our neurology predisposes us to love our neighbor. When Jesus commands us to love our neighbor as we love ourselves (Mark 12:30-31; Matthew 22:39), he is challenging us to nurture our innate, neurological capacity for empathy. Our brains are wired for empathy, argues...
