by Jim Smith | Oct 1, 2020 | Feature-, Opinion
East Berlin in the late 1980s faced a difficult time of Communist rule. I was living in West Berlin at the time, and my focus was on Baptist work and collaboration in East Europe. Christians and churches were not favored. To be a declared believer or member of a...
by Leroy Seat | Oct 1, 2020 | Feature-, Opinion
Abortion is extremely contentious. For more than 45 years now, there has been considerable “warfare” between pro-choice and pro-life people. Is there any way to de-escalate such negative polarization? James Davison Hunter is a “Distinguished Professor” at the...
by Mitch Randall | Sep 30, 2020 | Feature, Opinion
The first debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden quickly devolved into a presidential debacle. Seasoned journalists and pundits described the “debate” as the worst the country has ever experienced. While both candidates struggled at times, there was one individual...
by Tony Cartledge | Sep 30, 2020 | Opinion
Eight years ago, I wrote about the near miraculous resurrection of a Judean date palm from seeds that were, at the time, thought to be almost 2,000 years old. The seeds were found in 1963 in a collapsed storeroom in the desert stronghold of Masada, built by Herod “the...
by Jack Moline | Sep 30, 2020 | Opinion
When I was a college student, I flirted with calling myself a pacifist. It was a time of upheaval in this country, and I was anxious to ride the peace train. What changed my mind, in the end, was an essay by a rabbinical scholar who challenged the notion of absolute...
by Monty Self | Sep 30, 2020 | Opinion
Half (51%) of U.S. adults say they are likely to get a COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available, according to a recent Pew Research Center poll. This is a more than 20-point drop from the same survey done in May, when 72% of Americans said they definitely or...
