EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the third in a series of commentaries is adapted from articles that ran in consecutive issues of Report from the capital. Previous installments challenged myths that the separation of church and state is not implied in…
Religious freedom cuts two ways
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second in a series of commentaries adapted from articles that ran in consecutive issues of Report from the Capital. Yesterday’s installment challenged myths that the separation of church and state is not implied in the…
Sometimes integrity is who you are when everyone is looking
By Laura Rector “Integrity is who you are when no one’s looking,” I was told as a college student. As an ethicist earning her Ph.D. at Fuller Seminary, I agree only in part. Choices made in private do matter. In…
Christianity, Locke and gay marriage
By David Gushee Reading John Locke’s Two Treatises of Government this spring has had a huge and still developing impact on my approach to U.S. public policy. I have always known that the normative posture of the church on an…
Myths about the separation of church and state
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first in a series of commentaries adapted from articles that ran in consecutive issues of Report from the Capital. By Brent Walker The United States of America is one of the most religious and certainly…
God loves the un-handyman too
By David Wilkinson It was Wilkinson versus the Wiper (as in windshield wiper). Don’t laugh. This duel was a battle to the death, my own no-holds-barred version of Wrestle Mania, waged on a Saturday afternoon in the driveway. In…
Let the children come. Now, what are we going to do with them?
By Stacey Buford Welcoming children is a mission and a call. Jesus modeled it for us when he threw his arms open wide and gathered up an armload of precious children. As a young and inexperienced college student (who felt…
Awakening in the Middle East
By Jim Denison Who would have imagined a month ago that Hosni Mubarak would be displaced by a pro-democracy movement fueled by social media? Or that activists would oust the dictator of Tunisia, force the leader of Jordan to replace…
Another interpreter of dreams saves Egypt
By Bob Setzer Long centuries ago, God used an obscure Hebrew ex-con to save Egypt. After serving time for most of his 20s, this young man interpreted Pharaoh’s troubled dreams and was catapulted to Egypt’s second-in-command. From that exalted position,…
Ordinary and extraordinary
By R. Kevin Johnson This series so far has addressed the first three seasons of the structure of devotion known as the Christian or liturgical year. It follows the life of Jesus beginning with the words of the prophets during…
Faith and science, complementarity rather than conflict
By Donald Schmeltekopf How can the church, especially ministers and others in leadership positions, pursue seriously both biblical theology and scientific truth? This question remains as relevant today as ever. The stakes are high. One Christianity Today interview quoted a…
American values in Egypt
By David Gushee Imagine the United States as seen in the Declaration of Independence. Here is a feisty new nation declaring independence on the basis of the belief that under God all people are created equal, that they are “endowed…