by Jim Smith | Oct 1, 2020 | 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 Fred Guttman | Jul 16, 2019 | Opinion
This is an incredible immigration story. I am told that many Russian Jews have stories like this one. For those of us who were activists in the movement to free Soviet Jews, this shows us that our efforts were not in vain. Here is the story as it was told to me in...
by Martin Rothkegel | Jun 28, 2019 | Opinion
Taxation is the right of the state to collect compulsory payments from individuals or legal entities, if necessary, by coercive means. Taxes must not be used for any purpose that is not defined by law as a public task. In the U.S., the government is forbidden to levy...
by Roger Olson | Sep 24, 2018 | Opinion
One of the most quoted clichés is from philosopher George Santayana: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Another cliché is that history repeats itself, but that’s false. History does not repeat itself; people repeat it – often out of...
by Tony Cartledge | Jun 3, 2017 | Opinion
As Susan and I have returned from a meaningful tour of Israel, Palestine, and Jordan — and as we prepare for an upcoming trip back to Israel for a dig, then on to Bangkok for the Baptist World Alliance, then to Laos and Vietnam for fun and cultural enrichment...
