The Sickness of America, the Sickness of Humanity by Wayne Northey
This was sent to me over the Internet: All-Time Best Quote In a recent interview, General Norman Schwarzkopf was asked if he thought there was room for forgiveness toward the people who have harbored and abetted the terrorists who perpetrated the 9/11 attacks on...
Dangers and Ironies of the “Enemy-is-a-Cancer” Argument: Two Friends Chatting Across the Border by Brad Jersak and Shannon McGuire
BRAD: Summary of the Enemy-is-a-Cancer Argument: While we normally regard a military enemy as people to be respected both during and in the aftermath of warfare (as per the Geneva Convention), there are those, such as extremist Islamic terrorists like Al Qaeda or...
Iraq: A Police State by Greg Rollins
By Greg Rollins. Greg is a member of Christian Peacemaker Teams, an organization that asks, "What would happen if Christians devoted the same discipline and self-sacrifice to nonviolent peacemaking that armies devote to war?" The other day I watched a police...
Little Palestine by Greg Rollins
By Greg Rollins. Greg is a member of Christian Peacemaker Teams, an organization that asks, "What would happen if Christians devoted the same discipline and self-sacrifice to nonviolent peacemaking that armies devote to war?" The flashbacks disoriented me....
Life in the Green Zone by Greg Rollins
By Greg Rollins. Greg is a member of Christian Peacemaker Teams, an organization that asks, "What would happen if Christians devoted the same discipline and self-sacrifice to nonviolent peacemaking that armies devote to war?" I recently talked to a foreigner...
Reflection on the London Bombing by Wayne Northey
The colourful condemnation by Western leaders of acts of terror is obviously fully deserved. As far as it goes… On July 7, 2005 Prime Minister Tony Blair called the London bombings “barbaric attacks.” On September 1,...
The “Other” Iraq by Greg Rollins
By Greg Rollins. Greg is a member of Christian Peacemaker Teams, an organization that asks, "What would happen if Christians devoted the same discipline and self-sacrifice to nonviolent peacemaking that armies devote to war?" The Other Iraq was the one that...
Sixtieth Anniversary of Hiroshima and the World Safe by Wayne Northey
[David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan, “As surely as the LORD lives, the man who did this deserves to die! He must pay for that lamb four times over, because he did such a thing and had no pity.” Then Nathan said to David, “You are the man!” –...
Two Conundrums and the Kingdom of God by Wayne Northey
Introduction A Canadian evangelical theological student, suspicious of Karl Barth’s neoorthodoxy, once asked him: “What do you think of reason?” Barth sharply retorted: “I use it!” Eleventh century theologian St. Anselm of Canterbury coined the phrase, “Credo ut...
Why Most Christians Are Not Consistently Pro-Life by Wayne Northey
The other day Pat Robertson of the 700 Club called for the assassination of Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela. That would be, bluntly, counsel to commit murder. And some people acted surprised! One thing that should not surprise anyone is Christians supporting and...