How Institutions Can Die Well — This essay, titled “Final Gifts,” suggests that institutions in the church need to think and talk about how to die well: one of the mistakes institutions make is to defer facing their failure to the point that they have no more resources to attend to the end. They just […]
Geography, Business, Shipping, and the Gospel
Geography, Business, Shipping, and the Gospel — Merchants of various sorts—all dependent on shipping and paved roads—played a vital role in the early church, and Paul and the other apostles were quick to use this network. This brief article offers background and insight on the left-hand kingdom means by which the Holy Spirit moved the […]
NLRB Rules that Adjuncts at PLU can Unionize
NLRB Rules that Adjuncts at PLU can Unionize — A federal labor ruling that gives the go-ahead for Pacific Lutheran University’s (PLU) adjunct faculty members to form a union may also clear the way for college instructors at other private colleges to unionize. The decision by the (NLRB) last week found that the private Tacoma […]
Challenging Radical Islam
Challenging Radical Islam — Some condemn ISIS and Boko Haram but insist that their acts have nothing to do with true Islam. Others opine that ISIS and Boko Haram do represent Islam’s true face. In this article, John Azumah says that neither perspective is helpful. Both distort the nature of Islam and its relation to […]
How Singles Can Contribute to a Marriage Culture
How Singles Can Contribute to a Marriage Culture — This 6 min. video from the Southern Baptists’ Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission offers students a perspective on singleness as a vocation that helps sustain marriage as a cultural and a religious institution. The speaker, Jennifer Marshall, is the author of Now and Not Yet: Making […]
Teachers and Religious Apparel in the Classroom
Teachers and Religious Apparel in the Classroom — A 65-year-old Pennsylvania law barring teachers from wearing “religious garb” in class, though rarely enforced, has resurfaced, much to the irritation of school officials and religious liberty advocates. That law allowed a man to recently register a complaint over a teacher at the East Pennsboro Middle School […]
Gay Christians Choosing Celibacy
Gay Christians Choosing Celibacy — This WaPo feature article on the emergence of gays in Catholic and evangelical circles explores their feelings toward churches, right or wrong as well as the feelings of others in the church toward them. The piece could serve as a helpful lens on the interpersonal emphasis that influences student perspectives.
Most Say Religious Holiday Displays on Public Property are OK
Most Say Religious Holiday Displays on Public Property are OK — 44% of Americans say Christian symbols like nativity scenes should be allowed on government property even if they are not accompanied by symbols from other religions. 28% of U.S. adults say that such symbols should be permitted, but only if they are accompanied by […]
Civil Respect for the Unclaimed Dead
Civil Respect for the Unclaimed Dead — Every year since 1896, Los Angeles County has held a somber ceremony for the men, women and children who die there, but whose bodies are never claimed. This 5 min. audio clip is a poignant and sympathetic account of remembering and not forgetting the dignity of human life, […]
Haven in England for Christian Converts From Islam
Haven in England for Christian Converts From Islam — Dozens of ex-Muslims living in safe houses, most of them created by the nonprofit Christian Concern, a London-based organization that wants to infuse British society with a biblical worldview. There are over 2.8 million Muslims in England and conversions are few. But Christian Concern hopes British […]
