In America, Evangelical Churches Have Often Been

Often, We Ignore The Fact That Our Spiritual Condition And Psychological State Of Mind Are Highly Affected By What Is Happening To Us Physically. Sometimes Depression Is Simply The Result Of Exhaustion.

I'm A Minister, And I Serve As A Minister In Addition To Being A University Professor.

I Contend That Bush Would Be A Lot More Moderate If There Weren't Some Fundamentalists Breathing Down His Neck Every Time He Wants To Establish The State Of Israel, Every Time He Wants To Do Justice For The Palestinian People.

Perhaps Because Our Culture And Politics Have Gone So Off Course, With Values So Contrary To Those Of Jesus, More And More People Intuitively Recognize That His Vision Of God's Kingdom-a New World Of Compassion, Justice, Integrity And Peace- Is The Good News They've Been Searching And Waiting For.

Because I Am Not Yet Living Up To What Jesus Expects Me To Be In Those Red Letters In The Bible, I Always Define Myself As Somebody Who Is Saved By God's Grace And Is On His Way To Becoming A Christian. (...) Being Saved Is Trusting In What Christ Did For Us, But Being Christian Is Dependent On The Way We Respond To What He Did For Us.