by Ron Rolheiser | Mar 17, 2022 | Opinion
For 15 years, I taught a course entitled, “The Theology of God.” The students in that course were predominantly seminarians preparing for ministry, along with a number of lay students who were preparing to serve as ministers in various capacities in their churches. I...
by Nathan Patzke | Jan 14, 2022 | Opinion
I went to New Orleans in response to the devastation left by Hurricane Ida, helping a church in LaPlace with disaster relief. One of the resources I overheard a resident turning to was a well-known prosperity ministry. I could only imagine the problematic results of...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Nov 24, 2021 | News
A strong majority (80%) of U.S. adults say that suffering in the world is largely the result of human action, according to a Pew Research Center report published Nov. 23. An even larger percentage of adults who believe in God or a higher power affirmed this...
by Michael Chancellor | Sep 30, 2021 | Opinion
Jim Palmer is a former pastor who has left not only the church but also the Christian faith, founding a humanist group in Nashville, Tennessee. Palmer has become a widely popular humanist who speaks freely about his time leading the largest Christian church in America...
by David George | Sep 14, 2021 | Opinion
Cancer is bad, and there are many other bad things in the world. So, if God is good and God is powerful, why does God allow bad things to happen? There is no final, easy answer to that question, but there are answers. The basic answer is that God made a world with...