Opinion

• Anti-Semitism in the US Rises 99 percent in Four Years: My Personal Response Imagine beginning your worship service this weekend with an announcement about where the exits are—in case a shooter attacks and people need to run for their lives. Or locking your doors once the service begins. Or training... May 02, 2019

  

  Anti-Semitism in the US Rises 99 percent in Four Years: My Personal Response
• Campus Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Be Offensive Question: If you believe in the traditional Judeo-Christian sex ethic – that no one should have sex apart from the bonds of holy matrimony (between a man and a woman) – should you be disqualified from making a presentation at a... May 01, 2019

  

  Campus Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Be Offensive
• Joaquin Phoenix and ‘The Gospel of Mary’: Gnostic Fiction Coming to a Theater Near You Remember that 1980’s cough syrup commercial when Chris Robinson said, “I’m not a doctor, but I play one on TV”? I wanted to paraphrase these immortal words when I read what actor Joaquin Phoenix of “Gladiator” fame said about... May 01, 2019

  

  Joaquin Phoenix and ‘The Gospel of Mary’: Gnostic Fiction Coming to a Theater Near You
• Dangerous Asteroids and a Global ISIS: Finding Hope in a Surprising Story Apophis was the ancient Egyptian spirit of evil, darkness, and destruction. In ten years, an asteroid named for this frightening deity will come closer to our planet than the orbit of our weather satellites. May 01, 2019

  Dangerous Asteroids and a Global ISIS: Finding Hope in a Surprising Story
• Sinners in the Hands of an Angry Planet?: The Religious Language of Climate Change Philosopher John Gray started his 2007 book “Black Mass” with this declaration: “Modern politics is a chapter in the history of religion.” Now, Gray is an atheist, but he realized that so much of modern politics is an attempt... Apr 30, 2019

  Sinners in the Hands of an Angry Planet?: The Religious Language of Climate Change
• ‘Lori Stepped in and Saved My Life’: Three Steps to Courage Today Lori Gilbert-Kaye was worshipping in the Chabad of Poway Synagogue in suburban San Diego last Saturday when a gunman entered the sanctuary. A man identified by authorities as nineteen-year-old John T. Earnest began shooting. Apr 30, 2019

  ‘Lori Stepped in and Saved My Life’: Three Steps to Courage Today
• Should Evangelical Pastors Share the Stage with Catholic Priests? I thank God for the wonderful work that many ministries are doing to promote unity—I wish there were more, but is there a troubling trend in the evangelical church to unite with Rome? Apr 29, 2019

  Should Evangelical Pastors Share the Stage with Catholic Priests?
• Healing, not Enhancing: Drawing Lines in Medical Ethics In the 1976 made-for-television movie, “The Boy in the Plastic Bubble,” a then-unknown John Travolta introduced Americans to a condition technically called “X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency.” Or, as people have called... Apr 29, 2019

  Healing, not Enhancing: Drawing Lines in Medical Ethics
• Avengers: Endgame Makes $1.2 billion: Why the Movie Strikes a Chord in Our Souls I may be the only person who reads this article who has not yet seen Avengers: Endgame. This is a coincidence of calendar, not an expression of intent. Apr 29, 2019

  Avengers: Endgame Makes $1.2 billion: Why the Movie Strikes a Chord in Our Souls
• Easter Worshippers and 'Non-Muslims'?: No, the Victims Were Christians The death toll from the Easter Sunday terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka continued to climb all week. As of Thursday, the official count was 359 dead. Apr 26, 2019

  Easter Worshippers and 'Non-Muslims'?: No, the Victims Were Christians