Commentary

Jim Wallis 4-01-1975

“Kids are dying who shouldn’t die,” said Robert Beck, a World Vision doctor. “They die in our arms. It’s hard to believe.

Jim Wallis 3-01-1975

Last month, the government again sought to use its food aid programs more for the political requirements of American foreign policy and the interests of agribusiness rather than to meet the needs of starving people.

Lewis B. Smedes 3-01-1975

By this time, the Hartford Affirmations -- or Heresies, depending on how you read them -- will have been viewed with alarm or thanksgiving by most theologians in the country.

Joe Roos 2-01-1975

As American power has grown, so, too, has the arrogance of power. Contained within this attitude of arrogance are irrationality, insecurity, and abusiveness of power.

Joe Roos 1-01-1975

The threat of global hunger looms more ominously than at any time in human history.

Jim Wallis 1-01-1975

I have been following recent events in Korea with mounting concern.

G.Clark Chapman Jr. 12-01-1974

For the moment the proposals have subsided that President Ford might pardon not just Richard Nixon, but all those linked to the Watergate crimes.

Jim Wallis 11-01-1974

The community, which has gone through many growing pains, is in a period of building and growing in the confidence that God has a future for us together. 

Wesley Pippert 11-01-1974

If Watergate has pointed out the need for repentance among our national leaders, it also has exposed the stark inequality in our nation’s administration of justice.

Jim Wallis 10-01-1974

In his first public appearance since granting a full and unconditional pardon to Richard Nixon, President Gerald Ford was booed by an angry Pittsburgh crowd carrying signs reading “Justice Died.”

Joe Roos 10-01-1974

When the military junta in Chile seized power 13 months ago, its most outstanding characteristic was the complete repression of human rights. 

Jim Wallis 8-01-1974

I am a white male and my family roots are in the American middle-class.

Ted Koontz 8-01-1974

Efforts to polish the American military image and to attract qualified recruits for its all-volunteer force are growing.

Jim Wallis 5-01-1974

The salvation that Christ brings can be understood as the gift of life that frees men and women from all forms of bondage and restores them to their lost personhood.

Joe Roos 5-01-1974

Although the vestige of fuel shortage remains, the most critical period is over.

4-01-1974

We are Christians who hold to the truth of God’s word and action in history as recorded in Scripture.

Jim Wallis 4-01-1974

America is a fallen nation. The fall is the principle spiritual and political fact of the American nation.

Mark O. Hatfield 4-01-1974

We have been living through days that try the soul of the nation and test the resiliency of the Republic.

Joe Roos 1-01-1974

Costa-Gavras’ latest film, “State of Siege,” leveled the serious charge that the United States operated a secret police bomb school.

Joe Roos 1-01-1974

Like a lion stalking its prey, Japan and the United States are taking initial steps in the economic exploitation of a newly independent underdeveloped country.