I first learned to appreciate Calvin B. Rock's realism while reading his Church Leadership. In a recent Adventist Review essay, "Revisiting the Obama Message," Rock trains that experienced vision on the topic of regional conferences. And he defends what he sees.

The New York Times notes:

A song about racial reconciliation with the Aboriginal minority has become the fourth-biggest-selling recording in Australia, even though it is available only as a download from the Web.

The previous post in this series looked at the vivid message of apocalyptic judgment on American slavery in Ellen White’s testimonies about her visions in the 1840s and 1850s. But did slavery primarily provide fodder for a doomsday theology rather than elicit a genuine, costly opposition to the evil?

Words. Almost. Fail. Watch the video first.

Tony Zirkle is a South Bend, Indiana, lawyer and Republican primary candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives, District 2. On Sunday, he spoke to a Chicago group celebrating the birthday of Hitler.

Not that I want to rehash the simplistic brouhaha over Rev. Wright, but this interview with Rev. Michael L. Pfleger reframes the issues prophetically.

It's great to see a minister of the gospel pushing back against the spinning ignorance of our gotcha political culture.

I sit on a board with Diana Butler Bass and appreciate her wisdom on denominational history and future trends. One of these days I'm going to discuss her dangerous analysis of the new Pew "Religion in America" numbers, but for now I've asked her if I could repost her piece on Rev. Wright and she graciously agreed to hang with the Adventists.- Alexander
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For almost a year Fox News and other conservative pundits have hinted that Sen. Barack Obama is either a closet Muslim or a black separatist Christian. Of course both half-formed and contradictory mischaracterizations have been debunked by most within even their own pundit ilk. Yet again, this month Fox's Hannity and O'Reilly as well as Slate columnist Christopher Hitchens and the editorial board of Investors Business Daily have succumbed