Opinion — Page 814

  • Why We Acted in Support of Vaccinations

    Why We Acted in Support of Vaccinations

    Word&Way,

    Editors Brian Kaylor and Beau Underwood outline the theological reasons for a COVID-19 vaccination outreach effort centered around clergy. Such an act is not only a matter of public health, it is also a witness to what we believe about the Gospel.

  • Is suffering pointless? Not to a Christian

    Is suffering pointless? Not to a Christian

    The Christian Post,

    It seems to me that our prayers, then, should not be aimed at the release from our sufferings, but at a serious and fervent call for the strengthening of our bodies and souls through suffering. When the time is right, rest assured He will permit it to pass; we need not remind Him.

  • Proud to be American? Why grateful is a better word

    Proud to be American? Why grateful is a better word

    The Christian Post,

    For me, and for millions of Christians, being an American is a divinely bestowed blessing. Being born an American is like being born on third base in the great scheme of things and being proud of it is like being born on third base and thinking you hit a triple. No, we among all humanity, are the most fortunate of people, to have been, in the providence of God, born “American.”

  • Mainline Struggles in the Rural Midwest

    Mainline Struggles in the Rural Midwest

    Word&Way,

    Ryan Burge writes that there’s been a cultural shift that has gone basically unnoticed in small-town America: mainline Protestant churches have become an increasingly endangered species. This poses a problem for people who would still like to be a Christian but can’t be an evangelical.