by Robert Parham | Jan 27, 2009 | Opinion
American seminaries and divinity schools across the theological spectrum are in financial trouble, according to news reports, open letters and blogs about budget cuts and staff layoffs. Just as troubling is the silence from schools of theology about the state of their...
by Robert Parham | Jan 20, 2009 | Opinion
President Barack Obama’s inaugural address struck a more politically pragmatic pitch than the oratorical proclamation many had predicted. It was more about traveling the path ahead than reaching the promised land. President Barack Obama’s inaugural address...
by Robert Parham | Jan 12, 2009 | Opinion
A virus broke out in early December in Little Rock, one that infects people of faith with a passion to do justice. Ground zero was, of all places, a Baptist church. And day one wasn’t even Sunday. The outbreak almost didn’t happen. At first, nailing down a date was...
by Robert Parham | Jan 9, 2009 | Opinion
Reversing the Southern Baptist Convention’s decline and loss of influence will demand new leadership and theological transformation, two very unlikely possibilities in the next decade. The SBC’s numerical slide and besmirched image took some 30 years to achieve and...
by Robert Parham | Jan 8, 2009 | Opinion
Many of Nashville’s faith leaders are expressing opposition to an effort to make English the only language in which the city government can offer services, considering it to be unjust, inhospitable, and detrimental to the wellbeing of the community. Missing in moral...
