By William Underwood At Mercer University, we communicate with alumni and friends through an electronic newsletter. Not long ago, one of these electronic newsletters mentioned some upcoming campus events, including a lecture by President Carter on how his faith informs…
Pan Am Flight 103, terror and compassion
By Jonathan Langley Convenient. That’s what the Aug. 20 release of Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi was. Not just for the terminally-ill Libyan convicted of the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. But also convenient for British Petroleum, Marks and Spencer,…
The moral imperative of health-care reform
By David Gushee The national debate raging over health-care reform has become a maelstrom of competing claims and counterclaims. It has been deeply infected by political demagoguery and hysteria. The tenor of the debate raises the legitimate question as to…
A conservative view on racial profiling
By Miguel De La Torre When the issue of racial profiling is raised, there are usually three responses. First, there is a group of Americans who would argue that racial profiling is a myth. This false consciousness is maintained in…
Robert Novak’s inspiring life
By David Sanders My childhood pals dreamed of growing up to be professional athletes complete with their own shoe contract or sports trading card. And, while I tried as a junior high and high school linebacker to rush opposing quarterbacks…
God’s dream, the ‘American Dream’ and the health-care debate
By Jonathan Langley “Praise the Lord for the 2nd Amendment.” That was a Twitter post (I just can’t come straight out and call it a “tweet” without feeling like a “twit”) after a recent shooting that resulted in two deaths….
Christ at the center of life
By David Gushee I have spent much of the summer reading the massive Fortress Press critical edition of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Ethics. Insights drawn from that reading will show up in this column now and again in days to come. Here’s…
Democrats wooing of evangelicals
By David Sanders For years, Democrats and secular leftists accused the religious right and their friends in the Republican Party of blurring the lines between church and state and using God to achieve a political advantage. But more recently, Democrats…
Billboards a blow to U.S. history
By Brent Walker For the next six months, people on the roads of Pinellas and Hillsborough counties in Florida will rumble past billboard ads making false claims and misleading assertions about our country’s history and commitment to religious freedom. One…