When my kids were growing up, I wanted their teachers to teach them science, reading, math and history. I also wanted them to care about my kids. But I did not want my children's public school teachers teaching them religion. That was my job as a parent and the job of our church, Sunday school, and youth group.

Learning to read the Bible in the light of the times in which it was written is critical. Reading it uncritically, without understanding the cultural and historical setting of the text, leaves us forced to accept scientific and sociological norms of the ancient Near East from 3,000 years ago.

Learning to read the Bible in the light of the times in which it was written is critical.

Some Christians see the biblical teaching on homosexuality as reflecting the culture and times in which the Bible was written and not reflecting God's eternal perspective on homosexual people. Others believe these scriptures represent God's timeless will for how human beings practice intimacy.

My native land is a slave of heathenism, men's god is their belly, and they live only for the present. The richer a man, the holier.

Divine desperateness is the beginning of spiritual awakening because it gives rise to the aspiration for God-realisation.

Why does the Church grow and flourish? It does so because of divine direction to the leaders and members.

I got a cold feeling toward religion in general. I don't think God would want to separate families.