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Salt and Light

Jeremy McKeen
7 Sep 2012
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Commentary If you hang around Christian circles long enough, you may hear someone talking about the need for Christians to be “salt and light” in the world. Or, if you’ve been a Christian since early childhood, you probably remember singing “This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine.” But what do these metaphors actually mean? Let’s dig a little deeper. By identifying His disciples as the “salt and light” of the world (Matt.5:13-16), Jesus was saying some pretty strong things about the condition of the world and the Christian in the world. The Condition of the World Let’s […]

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My Weakness, His Power

Jose Boria
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Commentary I can remember sitting in class as every student took turns reading aloud.  I would count down the number of students ahead of me until it was my turn to read. There were times I would get up and run to the restroom just to avoid reading in front of the class. I was always nervous to talk in front people because of my speech impediment. My stuttering did not consist of repetitive words but word blocks—an inability to get words out. That speech problem continued to persist throughout junior high, high school, my young adulthood and even still […]

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Do You Know What A Sandhog Is?

Philip Huber
6 Sep 2012
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Commentary We take fresh water for granted. For most, it is as simple as turning on a faucet.  However, it wasn’t always so easily attained. In the early 1800s, before modern plumbing and sewage, the city of New York faced a severe lack of fresh water to meet the needs of their rapidly growing population. Aside from some scattered wells, the city had one major source of water – a large pond in lower Manhattan called the Collect. It served as a reservoir and increasingly as a sewage tank. People dumped all manner of things into the Collect – garbage, […]

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The Search for Social Justice

Steven Rowitt
3 Aug 2012
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          When examining the subject of social justice, it is essential that we clearly define our terms. After all, it would seem that calls for social justice are akin to asking for fairness in all aspects of life. With such an altruistic goal in mind, we would not want anyone to be confused about the importance of such an endeavor or underestimate the serious repercussions that injustice might have on individuals or our society. At the most elementary level, social justice is equivalent to social fairness. According to most sources, social justice is a phrase that […]

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Grassroots Gospel

Philip Fidler
1 Aug 2012
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Commentary Social justice is a mandate that God gives to His people, grounded in the hope of the gospel of Jesus Christ, but it can certainly become a dangerous and trendy work as well. Fashionable buzzwords often circulate throughout the culture of Christianity and become a part of the “Christianese” that flows effortlessly from the lips of many well-intentioned saints of God.  Not only do we experience buzzwords, but buzz movements; great movements within the church that seem to polarize as passing fads or inauthentic revivals.  Certainly the social justice movement that has resurfaced over recent years, even in the […]

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How to Change the World

Keri Williams
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This guide is full of creative, practical ideas for how you can get involved in the many important causes we have highlighted in this issue of the Good News. We have grouped our suggestions into three helpful categories to help you get started. Since change often starts at home, our first category is “It’s Personal!” Look here to find ways you can make a difference within your own immediate family, circle of friends, coworkers and neighbors. For ideas on how to impact your community, check out “Look Local!” And, to broaden your scope even more, our “Go Global!” category lists […]

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Worthless Likes?

Nathan Johnson
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John is an old friend, but we hadn’t talked in years. Five years to be exact. So when I bumped into him last week, I didn’t know what to do. Should I apologize for not staying in touch? He didn’t give me the chance. “Hey Nathan! I love what you’re doing to your home. The exposed brick looks amazing,” he said. I’m shocked. How could he know that? Instinctively, my eyebrows raise, as if to ask, “Are you stalking me?” “Well anyway,” he says, “I enjoyed the pictures of it that you posted on Facebook.” Touché. This brief exchange got […]

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Do Mutations Support Evolution?

Tom DeRosa
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When we think of the word “mutation,” it can conjure up images that bring sadness, as mutations often endanger human life and very often cause death.  A mutation is generally defined as a mistake in the genetic code. Birth defects, genetic disease, and even cancer are some of the horrific consequences that these tragic mistakes in genes bring to mankind. Scientists are researching genes to find how some can be predisposed to easily acquire diabetes, hypertension, mental illness, common congenital malformations (cleft lip and palate) and different forms of cancer. It is ironic that many evolutionists use mutations, errors that […]

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Criminal Minds

Lori Harding
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What would you say if you found out that the young woman sitting next to you in church was a thief? Recently I traveled to a conference and had a conversation with a woman like that and, ever since, I have not been able to get that discussion out of my mind. She shared with me that, for a period of time during her high school years, she often stole and, I have to admit, I was a bit shocked. After all, she seemed like such a “good” girl – she spent 12 years in a Christian school, was raised […]

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The Pain of Struggles: Upward or Inward

Dr. Tommy Boland
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I learned the term “pain reflex” while I was in seminary; it refers to the witness of the early Christian church. It is said that some of the most powerful Gospel preaching came through the “pain reflex” of the early church. For many in the church today, especially in the United States, this term is somewhat foreign; we do not have to deal with much pain regarding our faith! But the early church certainly did, as have many throughout the world during the past 2,000 years.  Here are just a few examples of how the early church suffered under the […]

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