Nearly a year ago, I was asked by a friend whether I thought the moral code of the Christian (or theist) was superior to that of the atheist. My answer to the question was, “Yes; no; well, sort of.” The questioning challenge sent me on a journey of discovery through the world of Immanuel Kant, Sören Kierkegaard, and the German rationalists; and ending up with Friedrich Nietzsche. To find a starting point, I have had to go to the Bible (my normal starting point). For the wrath

In reading a book by Os Guinness, I came across a quote of an anonymous letter from the 2nd century A.D. Restating it might be helpful for us today as we attempt to regain what may be lost ground for the Church. "Christians are indistinguishable from other men either by nationality, language or customs. They do not inhabit separate cities of their own, or speak a strange dialect, or follow some outlandish way of life. Their teaching is not based upon reveries inspired by the

As long as I have been a Christian ( a long time, even in geologic terms), when discussions turned to slogging it out at the local coal mine, labor unions have been considered anathema by the Church. But are they? Does the Bible really condemn labor unions? Two New Testament passages are usually trotted out to shut down any give-and-take discussion of the issue: Ephesians 6:5, 6; and Colossians 3:22-24. The problem in applying these verses without debate is that the verses ar