by Starlette Thomas | Apr 22, 2024 | Feature, Opinion
“Ain’t that the truth.” It’s an expression I heard often as a child. It was said to emphasize what someone knows to be the case based on lived experience. I sometimes wonder what foundational lies would come crashing down in our world if the truth be told. If all the...
by Starlette Thomas | Jan 30, 2023 | Opinion
Paul told the faith community in Corinth that liars would forfeit their inheritance, losing out on an extended stay in God’s kingdom. But there remains plenty of room for them in the United States government. “In politics, being deceived is no excuse,” Polish...
by Kevin Heifner | Dec 16, 2021 | Opinion
Here’s a million-dollar question asked and battled throughout the ages: Why do “good” people believe lies? It is one that has again been called to the forefront in our national discourse on several levels. There are myriad answers to that question, resulting from...
by Colin Harris | Jul 5, 2012 | Opinion
My earliest memory of encountering the Ten Commandments was in Mr. Orth’s Sunday school class in the junior department. Some of them were relatively easy to understand: “Don’t kill, don’t steal, don’t worship other gods.” Some...
by Larry Greenfield | Jan 13, 2012 | Opinion
As the wise men headed back east, did they have any pangs of conscience about not being truthful with King Herod? They had struck a deal with him: After finding the newborn king and paying him his due, they would trek back to King Herod in Jerusalem and tell the ruler...
