by Jim Hill | Jan 13, 2017 | Opinion
I had the privilege to grow up in a white family of Baptists in the 1950s and 1960s, which had a commitment to racial justice and civil rights. My parents and my grandparents understood that God loved every person and that their Christian faith demanded justice for...
by Jim Hill | Dec 15, 2016 | Opinion
Life is hard work. There are so many choices and questions. How are we to know how to live a good life? How can we understand our rights and our responsibilities? How are we to know what is right and wrong or what is good and bad? At its simplest, ethics is a system...
by Jim Hill | Jan 29, 2014 | Opinion
Charles Sheldon wrote a book in 1896 titled “In His Steps.” It was subtitled “What Would Jesus Do?” The book grew out of a series of sermons he delivered in his congregation. The thrust of his book was that Jesus was not only our Savior, but...
by Jim Hill | Nov 27, 2013 | Opinion
Human rights are commonly understood as fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being. The Baptist World Alliance is promoting Human Rights Day on Dec. 7-8 (depending upon whether they worship on Saturday or...
by Jim Hill | Apr 22, 2013 | Opinion
A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of co-authoring an op-ed with Missouri Governor Jay Nixon titled “Standing in the Gap for Working Missourians.” It was written in support of providing health coverage to 300,000 working Missourians through the expansion...
