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Glenn Beck: Defending Faith or Perverting Gospel?
Glenn Beck declared that President Obama practiced a religion that was "a perversion of the Gospel of Jesus Christ" by focusing on victims and the oppressed. Yet these are the very people that Jesus invited. Read More ...
Larry Greenfield

Seeds of Doubt: When Facts Outlive Their Usefulness
We are increasingly becoming a society willing to deny facts to reach a conclusion that suits us. Seeds of doubt planted in partisan fields grow into trees big enough to dominate the landscape. Read More ...
Cliff Vaughn

Don't Let Political Campaigns Shape Your Life
Political campaigns thrive on negative advertising, tearing down their opponents rather than focusing on their own ideas. We cannot allow our society to persuade us that it's OK to destroy or devalue another person. Read More ...
Jim Hill

Back to School Again? The Ethics of Doctoral Studies
Students are starting another school year, including people in ministry and Christian vocations seeking the highest levels of degree attainment. But why do some pursue that level of education and what degrees are appropriate? Read More ...
William Brackney

Graphic Novels Hold Mirror Up to Society
Comics aren't like the ones found on the spinner racks of our childhood drugstores. Rather than give us escapism, graphic novels dealing with life's issues hold up a mirror; they show us ugliness and sin. Read More ...
Mike Parnell

Ensuring Interest Rates Don't Gouge the Poor
If the poorest Americans can obtain a credit card at all, they will be required to pay an interest rate of more than 20 percent. The poorest among us must have access to credit at a reasonable rate of interest. Read More ...
Bruce Prescott

Mosque's Name Isn't Code for Islamic Conquest
Newt Gingrich is wrong. The term "Cordoba" – the name planned for the Islamic center near Ground Zero – isn't "a symbol of Islamic conquest." It's a reference to the city where Muslims, Jews and Christians lived in peace. Read More ...
Christa Brown

Five Ways to Lead Your Church to Change
Not everyone sees things the way the pastor sees the church. How does a pastor motivate people to take the necessary steps to make changes for the future? Start with these five ideas. Read More ...
Chuck Warnock

Will We Take Action to Help Those with No Homes?
Thousands turn out for housing voucher applications in Atlanta. Hundreds seek shelter in the tunnels under the Las Vegas strip. When will Americans re-evaluate our commitment to society's most vulnerable? Read More ...
Rebecca Lenn

Religious Right Linked Politics, Conservative Christianity
Key early organizers of the Religious Right convened secret meetings in the mid-1970s to link their political agenda with conservative Christianity. Their goal was to elect Christian conservatives and build a “Christian Republic.” Read More ...
Bruce Prescott

A Woman I Know Faces Execution in Virginia
Teresa Lewis, the first woman scheduled for execution in Virginia in nearly 100 years, is set to die Sept. 23. The two men who pulled the trigger were spared the death penalty. Her former prison chaplain says she should be, too. Read More ...
Lynn Litchfield

Politicians Employ Hate and Fear to Oppose Mosque
To equate a mosque with terrorists is either the height of ignorance or depth of callous manipulation. It shows how hate and fear, two powerful political motivators, have been employed to rally the worst in Americans. Read More ...
Miguel A. De La Torre

A Satirical Fix for That 'Flawed' First Amendment
What were the Founding Fathers thinking? Clearly, their reckless and irresponsible musing, known by some as the First Amendment, was flawed since it doesn't reflect popular sentiment. Let's just fix it, shall we? Read More ...
Charles P. McGathy

Mosque Controversy Tests Our Convictions, Civility
To deny building a mosque near Ground Zero is a troubling infringement on religious freedom. Today, it's a mosque. Tomorrow, it could be a synagogue, a Mormon temple or a Baptist church. Read More ...
Mitch Carnell

Why Conservatives Should Favor Manhattan Mosque
As the controversy over a mosque near Ground Zero escalates, the opposition by some conservatives is puzzling. From a conservative perspective, building a mosque should not be barred. Read More ...
Mark Whitten

Manhattan Mosque: Gesture of Neighborliness, Healing
Narrow-minded intolerance has led to the outcry against the building of a mosque near Ground Zero. It's time to turn away from ignorance and embrace again the words of Christ: Love your neighbor as yourself. Read More ...
Michael Kinnamon

Compassion Guided Slain Medical Volunteers in Afghanistan
Ten volunteer medical workers providing health care in northeast Afghanistan were ambushed and killed. Whatever their private religious views, they shared a sense of compassion, duty and a desire to serve. Read More ...
Mark Woods

Interfaith Marriages: Will Churches Face the Trend?
Nearly one-third of American marriages will remain religiously mixed. With interfaith marriage becoming more common and accepted, church leaders must be aware of the trend and address the implications. Read More ...
John D. Pierce

Religious Literacy Will Prompt Tolerance of Islam
Millions of Americans would rather continue to remain ignorant about Islam so that they can continue to stereotype Islam as a religion of radical hatred and evil. How should we respond to such religious illiteracy? Read More ...
Drew Smith

"Sesame Street" Began to Help Low-Income, Minority Kids
Many of us have fond memories of watching "Sesame Street." The public broadcasting program, celebrating 40 years, began as an educational intervention to help low-income, minority children. Read More ...
Laura Seay

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