How Each of Us Can Discover Our Inner Prophet

Some of the more interesting discoveries a teacher gets to make come from listening to students who are discovering things for themselves. One of these occurred recently in a class on the prophetic literature of the Old Testament as we were looking at the...

What the Occupy Movement Has in Common with the Bible

Editor’s note: The remarks below were given by Joe Phelps at an Occupy Louisville (Kentucky) interfaith rally on Sunday, Nov. 12. Phelps is pastor of Louisville’s Highland Baptist Church. The views expressed by me today do not officially represent those of...

Keeping Protests from Escalating to Extreme Actions

Roger LaPorte may be a name you never remember hearing. And you may not even remember the tragic incident associated with him. Just like me until a few weeks ago. I write this, though, in memory of Roger, who died of burns, self-inflicted. He poured gasoline over...

Here’s What Many in Occupy Wall Street Want

The Occupy Wall Street movement started Sept. 17. Beginning in “Liberty Square” in Manhattan’s financial district, it has now spread to more than 200 cities in the United States and to more than 1,500 cities worldwide where similar actions are taking...