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Throughout the summer and fall of 2009 we have been provided with accounts of amazing new weapons that have the potential to revolutionize how wars are fought. These weapons are often referred to as drones, though their official designation is "unman...

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Avian Flu

By Nancy J. Duff

Lately, we have heard ever more alarming reports of a strain of avian (bird) flu that is spreading around the world, following the path of migratory birds and, at times, spreading to humans with deadly results. The flu now has (or definitely should h...

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What is the Christian response to reproductive technologies like in vitro ■fertilization, artificial insemination, and preimplantation genetic diagnosis? What ■does the Bible say about these technologies and about infertility?

Eight Is Enough?!
Questions Raised by Reproductive Technologies

By Kate Ott

Fifty years ago the television show I Love Lucy couldn't use the term "pregnant" to announce the imminent arrival of little Ricky. Today, the "Octomom" and her fourteen children are reportedly in negotiations to join Jon and Kate plus Eight on the re...

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The Execution of Saddam Hussein

By Greg Garrett

Former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was executed by hanging in the early morning hours of December 30, 2006, in Baghdad, just days after his final appeal had been denied. Those hoping for an easy resolution of sectarian violence by his trial and execu...

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The Gulf oil disaster involves far more than environmental and economic issues; ■for Christians there are moral, ethical, and theological issues related to the oil spill, ■as well.

Gulf Oil Disaster 2010
Initial Responses

By Adam Fischer

It's on the front page of just about every major paper each day and still leads the nightly news--the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. After more than two months of oil gushing into the Gulf, tempers are flaring, local businesses are failing, the ...

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Sound advice on answering the Bible's call for Christians to care for one another ■in times of need.

H1N1
History, Risk Factors, and Prevention

By Megan Pillow Davis

H1N1 influenza, commonly referred to as "swine flu," is now considered a pandemic by the World Health Organization. According to the Centers for Disease Control, it was first identified in the United States in April of 2009. By August more than 40,00...

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Hezbollah, Israel, and Lebanon
Why Should Christians Care?

By Greg Garrett

Should the United States support calls for a cease-fire and a political solution to the current conflict between Lebanon's Hezbollah faction and the nation of Israel?Few countries have a more complicated pattern of religion, politics, and recent hist...

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The Immigration Debate
What's a Christian to Think?

By Christian Iosso

In a country largely made up of immigrants, have conditions changed for incoming workers and potential citizens? Or is the current debate about who can enter and under what conditions part of the same argument that has been around for centuries in th...

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Katrina
Flood Lines and Fault Lines

By Greg Garrett

On August 29, President George W. Bush returned to the hurricane-devastated Gulf Coast to admit that America had failed those most affected by Katrina. One year after the coast was badly damaged by winds and waves and the city of New Orleans was all ...

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When the Bible is a playbook: In search of a Christian perspective on balancing ■university-level sports, academics, and faith.

Kickoff!
The Ethics of College Sports

By Stephens G. Lytch

Have you ever been in the stands for a college football or basketball game when "the wave" really took off? It's something to see, thousands of fans rising out of their seats in a synchronized wave of support for their team. It's a great feeling, lik...

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The Legacy of Jerry Falwell

By John Dart

Media-savvy Jerry Falwell, acknowledged at his death as the best-known architect of the 1980s wedding of conservative Christians to the Republican Party, also came to symbolize the dangers of fundamentalism even while his influence waned in later yea...

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How should thoughtful Christians respond to the building of a mosque at ground ■zero where America was attacked by muslims on September 11, 2001 (9/11)?

The Mosque at Ground Zero

By Martin E. Marty

We've heard a lot of chatter recently from both opponents and supporters of the mosque (called Park 51, or Cordoba House) planned to be built two blocks from ground zero of the attack on the World Trade Center in New York City on September 11, 2001.W...

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Should the pope comment on the economy or on any social matters? How much ■weight does a papal encyclical hold with Catholics, with all Christians?

Pope Benedict XVI on the Economy

By Martin E. Marty

On July 7, 2009, just before the G-8 summit began in Italy and he met with President Obama, Pope Benedict XVI released his third encyclical, a major teaching, on the economy.He called for reforming the UN and establishing a "true world political auth...

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Should the United States Invade Iran?

By Greg Garrett

Should the United States stage a preemptive attack on Iran, or would that be politically and morally wrong?In a speech several years ago, President George W. Bush singled out three nations that his administration considered to be rogue nations, an "a...

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Tibet and the Olympics

By Megan Pillow Davis

Since the lighting of the Olympic torch in Greece on March 24, 2004, the Olympic Games have been fraught with controversy. Crowds including supporters and protesters swarmed the routes in every city, some shouting China-centric slogans, others brandi...

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