by Randall Balmer | May 23, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
When I headed to graduate school in the summer of 1980, my aspiration was someday to teach at a Christian liberal arts school. With recent developments at several evangelical colleges, I see now how precarious that path would have been. I had been profoundly shaped by...
by Starlette Thomas | May 22, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
Patriot Front hosted a rally at the National Memorial in Washington, D.C. on May 14. Dressed in casual khaki pants, the group is described by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a “white nationalist hate group.” But this is not the first time that a white supremacist...
by Mitch Randall | May 19, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
The 2023 Festival of Homiletics theme was “Preaching Hope for a Weary World.” Preachers from around the world descended on Minneapolis, Minnesota, this week to hear inspiring sermons and discuss the craft of preaching. After congregations endured a global pandemic –...
by Andy Watts | May 19, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
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by Monty Self | May 18, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
A pregnant mother or newborn dies every seven seconds, according to new data from the World Health Organization. Tragically, these numbers have not improved over the last eight years. Internationally, we are seeing 1.9 million stillbirths, 2.3 million newborns die...
by Chie Seshimo Lee | May 18, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
My name in Japanese is 知愛. 知 means “to know” and 愛 means “love.” Since I was little, I have been always interested in love, especially what it means to love others. The Art of Loving by Erich Fromm has my favorite quote on love. It says, “Love isn’t something...