Taking advantage of an overnight layover in Rome last summer, I hit the Roman roads for a run at sunrise and happened upon the Colosseum. I instantly thought of the Christian witness against the cruelty once celebrated within its walls….
Robert Jeffress should not be trusted with a Bible
Major freeways in North Dallas are adorned with billboards proclaiming that First Baptist Church of Dallas is “built on the Bible.” If that’s so, why does the church’s pastor not seem to understand what the Bible teaches? Fresh off his…
The state doesn’t need my eyes
On what must have been a dark day in the first century, leaders of the Roman Empire began loading exotic animals into crates. Lions, leopards and crocodiles were led down ancient routes. Via Salaria, the “Salt Road,” and Via Latina…
Pete Hegseth’s gospel of violence
The last widely recognized public execution in the United States took place on Aug. 14, 1936, in Owensboro, Ky. Rainey Bethea, a 22-year-old Black man, was hanged before an estimated crowd of 20,000 people. Bethea had been accused of raping…