When Does Life Begin?
President Bush opposes further federal funding for stem cell research that in his view "destroys life in order to save it." He also opposes abortion for the same reason. In so doing, he and many others draw upon what they believe to be a biblically based view that life begins at conception. Unfortunately the Bible provides little support for this belief.

Is This Star Wars The One?
"Star Wars, Episode III, The Revenge of the Sith" may well be the ultimate in the George Lucas series, as it continues to pioneer a new art form: spirituality fiction. Some have compared the sixth and final episode to Shakespeare. No way. For all its battle scenes, its vision is comic, not tragic, as is the core myth of American civil religion which the entire series promulgates.

Homosexuality and the Bible: The Debate Continues
More than ten years after their historic encounter, the issues raised by Walter Wink and Ulrich Mauser on these pages continue to preoccupy religious communities and denominations around the world.

The Internet As A Metaphor For God
A few years ago, I began thinking that the world wide web is a kind of metaphor for the divine, connecting, as it does, so many diverse and different things together. Hence the new title for this homepage, GodWeb. God is not only on the web, God is The Web.

Breaking News -- Bill Gates Encounters God
Not since the conversion of the Emperor Constantine has one man's discovery of God had greater consequences. Read all about it!

Christian and Biblical Baby Names
Find a name for your child, whether boy or girl; a name with meaning; not just something popular.

Britney Spears Mixes Sex and Spirit
Like her mentor and sometime idol, Madonna, Britney Spears has risen to stardom on a not too subtle appeal to two characteristics that some people think of as opposites: sexuality and spirituality. Read more.

The Lord of the Rings As A Christian Classic
R. R. Tolkien wanted to create a literature in which Christianity was implied rather than imposed, suggested rather than preached. He saw the need for speaking truth in fresh, new forms, accessible to those who are put off by official church dogma. In the Rings trilogy, the words "God" or "Christ" never appear, but the reality which these words refer to is communicated in every word and phrase of the text.

Bible Dictionary -- World Wide Web Version
This classic reference work contains nearly 4000 entries providing definitions for the most frequently used words, proper names and place names in the Bible.