(ABP) — Troy Davis has been denied clemency by the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles. Our country witnesses, once again, a flawed system at work. From the pope to Jimmy Carter, leaders are calling for a stay in…
Opinion: News from Washington you may have missed
(ABP) — Tumultuous debate over the debt ceiling largely overshadowed something of extraordinary importance that happened last week in Washington. Participants from more 300 colleges gathered at the White House to participate in the President’s Interfaith and Community Service Campus…
OPINION: Learning the language of the soul
I’ve never been great at languages. I wish I were. A natural linguistic facility would have made my years of learning biblical languages (or living in foreign countries, for that matter) slightly less trying. Language study, I understand, comes with…
OPINION: The Bible isn’t the only place one finds interpretation
This past week, the 187th annual meeting of the Baptist General Association of Virginia was held at the Hampton Roads Convention Center. Among items to be discussed and voted on, a resolution from the BGAV’s religious liberty committee was brought…
If there’s a just way to wage war, what about ending one?
WASHINGTON, D.C. (RNS)—For centuries, Christianity’s theory of “just war” has helped religious and political leaders determine when, if ever, war is justified and how to conduct a moral military campaign. Now, as the United States prepares to reduce troop levels…
VITAL SIGNS: Facing the raging blizzard
Why a regular column about healthy churches and healthy ministers? Some would argue that such a thing doesn’t exist. For far too many clergy and laity alike, healthy is not the word they use to describe their life in a…
Evolution is not a plot
Yes, there is a dichotomy between the Bible and science—more like an abyss of 4.6 billion years. This is a reply to the letter from John Klink published in the March 12 issue of the Religious Herald. The author says…
Saying ‘yes’ to me
You asked what I think regarding the “Saying no to Sunday church” article by Tom Erich? Well, let me tell you what I think! Mr. Erich, with so many others today, is looking for excuses to make up for the…
SECOND OPINION: Don’t fiddle with Jefferson’s statute
Stephen Strehle is way off base in his Dec. 18 Religious Herald essay calling for the repeal of Thomas Jefferson’s Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom and substituting a new one. The U. S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights were…