Marcus Borg gave Christianity back to many who thought they had to desert it.
It is hard to discount the Church’s beneficial influence in teaching community values and moral character and promoting compassion and understanding.
I believe God hears all human prayers -- even from humans whose understanding is limited by our finitude. Maybe that's all of us?
The recent controversy at Duke University amounts to idolatry of brick and mortar and is just more fuel for anti-religionists’ fire. Why Franklin Graham is wrong on Muslim prayer.
Generosity of spirit can be expressed in many ways. A recipe for chocolate cake is one delicious example. Russ Dean remembers great recipes from his childhood and shares one from Faye Curtis.
Trying to reconcile the biblical verse with the desperate plea of a dying man makes my head hurt – and my heart ache. How can we make sense of the frustrations and anger and feelings of helplessness that accompany each new report of another life unnecessarily lost?
Perhaps you feel the same? I know lots of people have doubts and questions about a world where these things can occur. And do occur – over and over. So I offer these thoughts. I wish they were solutions. But all I have are thoughts, ponderings, and a struggle to understand – on those difficult days when it’s hard to sigh; when you can’t breathe.
By Amy Jacks Dean
The individual (along with our individual freedoms) is not the supreme value, topping all others. Individuals won’t provide the solutions to all our problems. By Russ Dean
Death is one thing we all have in common. All of us. The birds, the bees, the flowers, the trees, the Neanderthals – you and me – we all die. There is no question about it. And yet, people are reluctant to talk about death – especially their own.
By Russ Dean
Pastor Russ Dean responds to a critic of marriage equality and Park Road's support for overturning the ban on same-sex marriage in North Carolina.
A commentary on war by Pastor Russ Dean of Park Road Baptist Church.
