by Paul Lewis | Sep 14, 2022 | Opinion
One issue of debate in Christian tradition has been over when life begins, when it is viable and what the status of a fetus should be. The sciences (reason) can inform us on these topics. Certainly, something happens when an egg is fertilized. But for pregnancy to...
by Paul Lewis | Sep 13, 2022 | Opinion
The Bible gives us, at best, only pointers in thinking through debates surrounding abortion. What insights we glean suggest that abortion within limits is compatible with the Bible, taken as a whole. Christian tradition has, for most of its history, officially...
by Paul Lewis | Sep 12, 2022 | Opinion
The U.S. Constitution does not guarantee a right to abortion. That was the determination of a majority of the Supreme Court justices in their June 2022 ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. This ruling handed the issue of regulating abortions back to...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Sep 16, 2020 | Opinion
Susan and I like staying in touch with the earth. Our house sits on just a fifth of an acre, but we try to make the most of it. With a few small garden beds, we raise peas, green beans, squash, okra, tomatoes and onions in the summer. In the fall, we plant cabbage,...
by Jacob Brenton | Jul 10, 2018 | Opinion
I feel honored to attend a seminary that very carefully considered their theological curriculum from the beginning. The founders decided not to teach theology in some neatly constructed systematic approach, but in the context of showing how theology has formed over...
