There has been a lot of controversy about the role of intelligence in the Bush administration's decision to attack Iraq. How can we fairly assess how the administration used intelligence? Read the full...
by Samuel J. Ross In February of 2003, shortly before the U.S. declared war on Iraq, I asked my pastor if I could make a one-minute announcement from the pulpit about a letter I...
by Ron Sider O Lord our God, We hesitate to come before you with prayers about politics because our knowledge is so limited, our perspective so one-sided. Protect us, O Lord, from using our...
by Tony Campolo Mahatma Gandhi once said, "Everybody understands the teachings of Jesus except Christians!" As I consider that statement and look at the attitudes of many U.S. Christians, I sometimes wonder if Gandhi...
Peggy Gish went to Iraq, with Christian Peacemaker Teams (www.cpt.org) as an attempt to prevent war. But on March 20, 2003, the bombs began falling on Baghdad. In her book, Gish recounts the moving...
by James Skillen President Bush's State of the Union address last Wednesday evening drove home for me some of the many reasons why I am thankful to be a citizen of the United States....
by Rick Nowlin In the light of the last presidential election and the ramifications thereof, where do we "progressive evangelicals" who fit into neither political camp go today? We despise the carnage of abortion,...
by Samuel J. Ross With the 2004 presidential election just days away, and many voters still undecided, there is one group whose ballot has already been cast . . . evangelical Christians. Why does...
Christians are feeling new pressures in Iraq and already there is a steady exodus of adherents of this minority faith out of the country, according to several reports. In the first coordinated attack against...
by Richard V. Pierard The contested election of George W. Bush in 2000 has proven to be an enormous disaster. The revelations by the 9-11 Committee and defectors from the Bush administration have exposed...
