Editorials & Opinions

EDITORIAL: Elsie evangelism
By Jim White, Editor
Date August 21, 2008

I read the 23rd Palm from her worn Bible and after making preliminary remarks, I sat down, as the family had requested. They had asked that friends and family members be allowed to share their thoughts. I would conclude the funeral service after others spoke. “Would they?” I worried. As it turns out, my only concern was how to call a fitting conclusion to the testimonials which poured from hearts touched by a gentle spirit who never saw in herself anything special.

SECOND OPINION: Scandal in light of private, public story
By Beth Newman
Date August 21, 2008

The recent spectacle of John Edwards’s confession of adultery managed to be at once pathetic and instructive.

OUT LOUD
Date August 21, 2008

RIGHT OR WRONG?
Date August 21, 2008

I’ve been reading a lot about whether it is right or wrong to applaud in church. Is this just a cultural issue, or is there something deeper?