Atheism gets a facelift?
In an online article title: “Does Atheism Need to be Rebranded?” the topic was one devotee’s campaign to improve atheism’s public image. I am a believer. I was once a nonbeliever. But I studied [...]
Social Justice Or Something Higher?
McNaughton never guessed that his painting “One Nation Under God” would exert such a polarizing effect on both the public and the media. What I sense gets lost in this whole conversation is the [...]
God Blessed America
In a world where the mere mention of God in a public setting or context can draw more concern and dismay than any number of profane messages, we must stop and ask ourselves what has happened to [...]
Is falling away an irreparable matter?
In Heb. 6, we find a passage that has been worrisome for more than a few Christians, especially those who at some point wavered in their walk of faith. When we examine the passage, we must [...]
In Praise of Praise
WHY we praise God? I don’t recall ever hearing another believer try to explain to me why we praise God, other than by reminding that God commands us to do so. But I do believe that we are able to [...]
Social Gospels to the Side
In a world where the mere mention of God in a public setting or context can draw more concern and dismay than any number of profane messages, we must stop and ask ourselves what has happened to [...]
One Nation Under God
You hear it all around you—a persistent murmur of dissatisfaction with the way modern America compares with the America of one, two, or three generations ago. It’s an ever-more-insistent chorus, [...]
The Doctrine of Earthen Vessels
Some 60-plus years ago, evangelist Eldred Stevens, then the pulpit minister of the Stillwater (Okla.) church of Christ (and later the director of the Dallas-based Preston Road School of [...]