by Bob Allen | Sep 28, 2006 | News
Christians who feel overwhelmed by the scope of global poverty sometimes seek consolation in Jesus’ words in Matthew 26:11, “The poor you will always have with you,” while neglecting a commandment that goes hand-in-hand. “The poor will never...
by Bob Allen | Sep 27, 2006 | News
NASHVILLE, Tenn.–Alleged survivors of clergy sex abuse gathered in front of headquarters of the Southern Baptist Convention Tuesday, calling on the nation’s second-largest faith group to take concrete steps to protect children from sexual predators in...
by Bob Allen | Sep 26, 2006 | News
American Baptists disagreeing with a May vote by a region to sever ties with American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. over homosexuality are scheduled to meet Sept. 30 in an informational gathering in anticipation of forming a new association maintaining full...
by Bob Allen | Sep 25, 2006 | News
A Southern Baptist columnist dismissed a recent magazine cover story suggesting that schools are pushing children too hard and too soon toward academic achievement but bashed public education as hostile to Christianity. “[A]ll this hand-wringing over whether...
by Bob Allen | Sep 25, 2006 | News
Conservative evangelical voters fear a President Hillary Clinton more than the devil, Moral Majority founder Jerry Falwell said in remarks reported Sunday. “I certainly hope that Hillary is the candidate,” Falwell said in a recording of a Friday morning...