by Everett Goodwin | Aug 4, 2003 | Opinion
Bill Leonard’s new book Baptist Ways has generated anticipatory excitement for several years. Its genesis, in part, was in a decision by the Board of the American Baptist Historical Society for a new volume to continue and expand the resources offered for half a...
by Everett Goodwin | Jan 9, 2003 | Opinion
For individuals, effective memory is frequently what makes life meaningful. Likewise, the loss of memory is often a first sign of disability and, in extreme cases, dehumanization. But in that transition from future to past there is a problem. “History is...
by Everett Goodwin | May 22, 2002 | Opinion
Robert Schuller clearly has an eternal hope for his Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, Calif. In a recent interview, Schuller confessed, “I dream in hundreds of years.” The Crystal Cathedral “will never die,” he said. “It’s built...
by Everett Goodwin | Apr 2, 2002 | Opinion
What does it mean when a religious leader—a recognized moral leader—is discovered to have used the unattributed words or ideas of others? Is the message’s truth diminished by plagiarism? Students are catechized to believe there is no greater sin than copying...
by Everett Goodwin | Mar 12, 2002 | Opinion
“It’s in the Bible!” But which one? The good book is available in an unprecedented number of translations, versions and forms. Leaving aside translations into most of the world’s languages, English versions alone are numerous and growing. They...
