Eric Carpenter reviews Megabelt. He says: Overall, Megabelt has some good qualities. However, it is my opinion that the author missed his chance at writing a book that would have great impact on the church. I wish this book could be re-written with more grace, less sarcasm, and no crudity. If a revision was done…
In a letter to Megabelt author Nick May, posted on Megabelt.info, Anne Dalton suggests that the book might be used in a young adult class with an appropriate study guide. Would you use a work of fiction in a Sunday School class? Would you require that such a work be explicitly Christian? What ideas might…
Jody Neufeld, author of Grief: Finding the Candle of Light, has written an important post on suicide for Christians titled Suicide IS Painful. Discussion is now open in our forum for this topic.
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I was probably a bit too ambitious with the comment contest, considering this is a test site with limited content at this point. Had there been even one comment I would have felt obligated to give the prize to that commenter, but since there aren’t I’m changing the rules and will keep doing so until…
“Write about the National Health Service” was the request. OK, I thought – I’m a child of the NHS, having been born 5 years after it’s inception in 1948; it’s something I know well from experience of many parts of it’s operation as a patient and as a relative of patients. “For American readers” was…
Controversy continues to grow over Obama’s proposed revamping of the health care system. Much of it centers on the proposed “government option” and the fears that it will lead either by design or by accident to a single payer system. As with most political controversies, there are a lot of charges and counter charges, and…
by Geoffrey Lentz 1Then Jesus said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was squandering his property. 2So he summoned him and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Give me an accounting of your management, because…
by Henry Neufeld When I was in elementary and High School, I attended a private, Christian school with its focus on the Bible as the foundation for study. Amongst the many requirements that we had, especially in the area of Bible study was memorization. We memorized chapter after chapter of the King James Version of…
by Rick Wingrove About Rick Wingrove Guest Essay Index I am an Atheist … By definition, Atheism means only that I have no belief in gods. To say the least, I find the stories about gods to be unconvincing. To say it another way, I find the ancient fables to be exactly as convincing as…
