I teach at Eastern University, which is highly committed to doing work among the poor and the oppressed peoples of the world. We have a special commitment to the city.

When you were born, you cried and everybody else was happy. The only question that matters is this - when you die, will you be happy when everybody else is crying?

The Jesus of the Scripture transcends all nations and calls all nations into judgment.

I think the real place where most evangelicals have trouble with the Democratic Party is on the issue of abortion.

Furthermore, consider that as one of its most important purposes, stewardship of creation should sustain nature's worshiping capacity. The more I reflect on Scriptures and the more I sense how God thrills to the adoration He receives from all that He has created, the more I realize He has given us the awesome responsibility of caring for His creation so that it can go on praising Him until the end of time.

I do not mean that others represent Jesus for us. I mean that Jesus actually is present in each other person

Like most Christians, I believe the Genesis account of creation is a description of six different stages of creation, each of which may have taken eons of time.