Earl Paulk case dropped, Lonnie Latham not guilty, Md. pastor gets mistrial. Plus: Calling Akinola out on Nigeria's anti-gay law, W&M's cross returns, Jars of Clay's un-Dixie Chicks moment, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen | posted 3/09/2007 04:01PM
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Churches pick up HIV/AIDS fight | Facing a growing AIDS epidemic in Florida's black community, local black churches have fortified their efforts to combat the disease by hosting prayer summits, distributing condoms, offering HIV testing at their churches and launching counseling ministries and support groups for those living with AIDS (The Miami Herald)
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas speaks | Justice Thomas talks about the lasting influence of the man who guided him through his years at Holy Cross and why he's not a beneficiary of affirmative action (Business Week)
Deterring division | Evangelist Jim Wallis, speaking at an Anaheim conference, says religion is moving beyond political polarizations (The Orange County Register, Ca.)
A playful mind | Duke University's Stanley Hauerwas relishes a good dose of controversy along with his theology (World)
Court warns Wanjiru and Kamangu | A judge yesterday warned televangelist Margaret Wanjiru and the man claiming to be her husband James Kamangu to stop commenting on matters before the court (The Nation, Kenya)
Girl placed with Protestant foster parents sues | A Roman Catholic teenager has brought a landmark legal action against a council for sending her to live with Protestant foster parents (The Times, London)
Rise of the funerals that leave out God | More than 30,000 funerals in Britain last year were nonreligious, as families turn increasingly to "celebration-of-life" ceremonies rather than church services, according to new figures (The Telegraph, London)
Muslims are too sensitive, says Pell | The Muslim community is overly sensitive and is the only migrant group to have plotted violence against Australia, Catholic Archbishop Cardinal George Pell has claimed. (The Australian)
Baptists in the Holy Land | As a Baptist journalist in Israel for the past 25 years, I've often been shocked at how little Israelis know about my denomination (David Smith, The Jerusalem Post)
The value of their values | It is much easier for the international community in theory than in practice to admire and empower an unfamiliar society (Rory Stewart, The New York Times)
Scriptural violence can foster aggression (Nature, sub, req'd.)
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As far as the issue with Jars of Clay goes, the group must revisit their calling. Is it to spread the gospel of Jesus the Messiah, his death and resurrection to allow us to be saved from our sinful nature or is it to become involved in political activism? Young evangelicals sometimes find much difficulty in separating the two. Maybe Jars of Clay and the rest of us could benefit this; if you had a moment in time when you could tell the world anything you wanted to…and had an audience to present the message to…what would you say to them? Ideally, most believers would answer, “I would tell them about the saving power of Jesus Christ and provide them the opportunity to accept this priceless undeserved gift”. The truth is that we are not guaranteed tomorrow here on earth. We never know when that last chance to lead someone to the Lord is. We are the last chance many people have to hear the gospel! Jars of Clay, you have that moment to lead many lost people to the Lord…take it!
katie
Posted: March 14, 2007 7:53 PM
shame on you for your namecalling! jars isn't chicken, they've been honest with their fans about their believes before, i think it is more a matter or right timing. but you, man, you didn't act in a christlike way AT all
Fortunato
Posted: March 13, 2007 1:28 PM
It's a shame that Jars of Clay doesn't feel secure enough to share their real feelings with their brothers and sisters in Christ.
It's also a shame that the Christian music industry (not just the corporations, but the private stories... AND the buying public) is polarized enough and unwilling to entertain contrasting points of view enough that Christians feel insecure about sharing the truth that they feel God has given them.
Perhaps Ted Olsen's question came off poorly... but it's one we should be asking, if simply to remove obstacles to the Church's unity as the body of Christ.
(It's also a shame that we've got a few trolls on here, trying to stir up controversy and dissent.)
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