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The Dignity of Work

Americans have celebrated Labor Day since 1882, when advocates for workers called for a day of rest for the nation's labor force. Since then, the holiday has become an American institution – an observance that marks the end of summer and celebrates t ...

August 31, 2007

Mother Teresa’s “Crisis of Faith”

What are we to make of Mother Teresa's crisis of faith? That is a question I have been repeatedly asked in recent days. This week's TIME cover story by David van Biema caught the attention of millions around the world, and it raises some of the most ...

August 30, 2007

Homosexuality and the Bible — The Rejectionist Approach

Luke Timothy Johnson thinks that the Christian crisis over homosexuality is not really about sex at all. Instead, it "has less to do with sex than with perceived threats to the authority of Scripture and the teaching authority of the church." In real ...

August 29, 2007

Without Fathers, Without Rules, Without Consequences, Without Hope

Modern societies seem absolutely determined to undermine their own foundations. This is especially true of intellectual elites who see the traditional structures of society as repressive rather than essential. Thus, overthrowing these structures beco ...

August 27, 2007

Institutionalized Hypocrisy — A Failure of Courage

This week's question at On Faith [Newsweek andThe Washington Post] has to do with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's vote to encourage its bishops not to enforce the doctrines and standards of the church -- at least when it comes to the mat ...

August 23, 2007

“What Does God Care What We Call Him?”

A retiring Roman Catholic bishop in the Netherlands has been making headlines around the world in recent days with his suggestion that Dutch Christians should pray to Allah. Bishop Tiny Muskens of Breda, a former missionary to Indonesia, suggested ...

August 22, 2007

Heresy Precedes Homosexuality

The mere fact that the Rt. Rev. Gene Robinson is the Episcopal Church's first openly homosexual bishop ensures that he will be a media celebrity on both sides of the Atlantic. To a great extent, he has become a symbol to both conservatives and libera ...

August 20, 2007

Heresy in the Cathedral

The Rt. Rev. Peter Jensen, Australia's Archbishop of Sydney, is making headlines for denying a heretic access to the pulpits of the churches under his care. The heretic is the retired bishop of Newark, New Jersey, The Rt. Rev. John Shelby Spong -- a ...

August 16, 2007

Why the Baby Bust?

Azure is a serious journal of ideas that states its mission as providing "ideas for the Jewish nation." In the Summer 2007 edition [Jewish year 5767], assistant editor Noah Pollak deals with the reality of the European baby bust. Pollak deals first ...

August 15, 2007

Why Heresy Matters — A Remembrance

The concept of orthodoxy requires the concept of heresy. If we are warned by the Apostle Paul to "follow the pattern of sound words" [2 Timothy 1:13], there must be a pattern of unsound words that we are to avoid. The very concept of truth requires t ...

August 14, 2007