Matters of Opinion: Israel's Holocaust A Jewish rabbi asks: Why shouldn't abortion in Israel be compared to the mass murder of Jewish children in Hitler's Europe? Jacob Neusner
Rejecting the Prodigal The early church debated whether apostate Christians could be forgiven again. Christopher A. Hall
Spurning Lady Luck Churches reject funds tainted by gambling. by Debra Fieguth in Winnipeg
The Clumsy Embrace Croatian Miroslav Volf wanted to love his Serbian enemies; the Prodigal's father is showing him how. Interview by Kevin D. Miller
The Missing Mother When my prodigal son left our world, it sent me on a sojourn as well. Wendy Murray Zoba
The Other Brother Had a Point What kind of world would this be if people were rewarded for squandering their families' inheritance? Barbara Brown Taylor
The Pursuing Father What we need to know about this often misunderstood Middle Eastern parable. Kenneth E. Bailey
Turning Back the Clock Non-Orthodox Christians have less religious freedom than a year ago. by Beverly Nickles in Moscow