A Thanksgiving Prayer
Thanksgiving is a national civic festival when all Americans celebrate the triumph of theory over practice, word over deed, and promise over fulfillment.
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November 23, 2006 10:30 AM
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Christianity's Non-Violence Unaccepted By All Nations
America is not a Christian nation because no nation-state can be Christian.
December 20, 2006 12:50 PM
Jesus, As Son of God, Brought Humanity Salvation
For me, as a Christian, Jesus was and still is the “Son of God” as a transcendental alternative to Caesar as ”Son of God.”
January 10, 2007 6:06 PM
Waist Deep In The 'Big Muddy'?
The Iraq War violated all criteria for a just war in terms both of cause—why it was started—and of campaign—how it was conducted.
January 30, 2007 9:10 AM
On Bilingual Candidates
Candidates who are religious—that is, whose religion is a matter of faith and not just habit—and who enter into public discourse must learn to be bilingual.
February 8, 2007 7:47 AM
The Earth is a World Heritage Site
The answer, from the biblical tradition, is 'yes, yes, and yes again' with that 'yes' beginning from the great inaugural Parable of Creation in Genesis 1.
February 22, 2007 9:09 AM
Love and Criticism
For any institution or organization, for any religion or people, for any faith or nation, you must criticize the most what you love the best.
March 23, 2007 9:37 AM
"The World" Means What?
The question asks “Do you believe” so I presume it is a query about religious faith. I take it to mean, therefore, “Do you believe that God will bring our world to an end?” And, from my own biblical and Christian tradition, I respond with an emphatic negative.
June 21, 2007 10:51 AM
Deport our Troops
When the problem is our presence, the solution is our departure.
