March/April 2012

Christians and Civil Disobedience 0
- March/April 2012
- March 1, 2012
Houston Baptist University scholar/educator Louis Markos, writing in From Achilles to Christ (InterVarsity Press), gives the example of Sophocles’ play Antigone as an affirmation there is a higher, universal, immortal law written in humanity’s heart, mind, and conscience. In Antigone Creon, the governor of the state, has commanded that no one may bury his nephew,
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A Changing World 0
- March/April 2012
- March 1, 2012
In an unusually candid speech early last year, a former president of the World Bank made a startling prediction. James Wolfensohn told Stanford Graduate School of Business students that the world is poised on the edge of a major global power shift. He told them that the next few decades will see today’s leading economic
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Advance and Defend 0
- March/April 2012
- March 1, 2012
The Christian in politics should be judged by the standard of whether through his decisions and actions he has advanced the cause of justice. The Christian in politics should be distinguished by his alertness to protect and defend the rights of individuals, or religious institutions and other institutions, from violation by the state or by
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A Battle of Church and State 0
- March/April 2012
- March 1, 2012
Thomas Becket, the son of a wealthy Norman merchant living in London, was born in 1118. After being educated in England, France and Italy, he joined the staff of Theobald, the archbishop of Canterbury.When Henry II became king in 1154, he asked Archbishop Theobald for advice on choosing his government ministers. On the suggestion of
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Hands Off!0
- March/April 2012
- March 1, 2012
I first heard about the health-care religious liberty furor while listening to a White House press briefing. Under new health-care insurance requirements, church-run hospitals might be required to provide employees with insurance coverage for contraception! Roman Catholic hospitals were objecting that this denied their rights of religious freedom. The Roman Catholic position on contraception takes
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