By Christy Barritt Medical Journal Promotes “After-Birth Abortion” Two academics who published an article in the Journal of Medical Ethics believe that if abortion is legal, then terminating the life of a newborn baby should also be. They argued that newborn babies are “morally irrelevant” and ending their lives is no different than abortion. […]
The resurrection and the life–The Uniform Lesson for May 20
By Sam E. Stone Matthew, Mark, and Luke are known as the “synoptic Gospels.” These three accounts of Jesus’ life follow a similar outline and record many of the same events. The Gospel of John, written some years later, supplements our knowledge of Christ’s ministry in a wonderful way. While John recounts many of the […]
Peace in (and after) the storm– May 13, 2012
By David Faust Psalm 107 Quick—where do the folow-ing words appear in the Bible? “He stilled the storm to a whisper; the waves of the seawere hushed.” If you’re like me, you immediately think of the four Gospels, which tell the well-known story about how Jesus calmed a storm at sea. Surprisingly, however, those words […]
In the World — May 13, 2012
Public Divided Over Birth Control Insurance Mandate A national survey found that, of the Americans who are aware of the controversy over a proposed federal rule requiring employers to provide coverage for birth control as part of their health care plans, 48 percent of them supported an exemption while 44 percent said religiously-affiliated institutions should […]
The church and the prosperity gospel
Jacqueline J. Holness Home to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and a host of megachurches, Atlanta is known as America’s civil rights capital. While I attend a smaller church, I have visited some of Atlanta’s megachurches. Some I have visited are like my home church in regard to their presentation of the gospel. The […]