In the Spring 1994 Forum, Dr. Neal Plantinga discussed the concern that a church which approves women’s ordination is also more likely to approve gay sex. Plantinga denied any link between the two issues. He said that those who warn of such a connection are (1) likening womanhood to gay sex, and (2) implying that […]

Grandma was over 90 years old, and she still lived in her own house. She had a hearty body, a sound mind and a kind heart. She often went to “visit the old people,” as she put it. (I guess she figured those old folks in their seventies and eighties needed a visit from a […]

Each week the TV show, Touched By An Angel, solves a problem and has a happy ending for the characters on the TV screen. What’s more, the show does amazing things for some of the real-life people who watch it. They say so in their letters. A man on the verge of killing himself watched […]

People listen to Dr. Laura. The ratings for Dr. Laura Schlessinger’s radio show have shot up, ward faster than any program in the history of talk radio. Her books, too, have racked up remarkable sales. How has Dr. Laura attracted such multitudes of listeners and readers? She doesn’t do it by flattering the people who […]

On Halloween lots of lively kids pretend to be dead. Many dress up like skeletons, ghosts, or goblins. Others get more graphic and wear a mask of a murder victim oozing fake blood, or they find some other hideous way to look dead. When they’re done trick-or-treating, they may sit down with some friends to […]

In seminary I studied beside talented women who wanted to become pastors. Opponents of women’s ordination struck me as old-fashioned and cranky. I read books and articles which said it was permissible, even required, for women to serve in all church offices. My regard for women’s abilities made me eager to find Scriptural, scholarly support […]