by Robert Parham | Dec 8, 2008 | Opinion
What we are witnessing from the Big Three–Ford, General Motors and Chrysler–is nothing more than deathbed conversions. Maybe the word “earn” is as inaccurate as the word “make.” No one really earns or makes $10,000 per hour. Would...
by Robert Parham | Dec 3, 2008 | Opinion
When we now listen to the religious minority’s stories of injury and insult, we take the first step toward religious reformation. Awareness births empathy–empathy births a passion for righteousness. At least, that’s the way goodwill Baptists ought to...
by Robert Parham | Dec 2, 2008 | Opinion
Violence is the byproduct of religion plus politics, not religion alone. Even if one could imagine a world without religion, one can hardly imagine a world without politics. The striving for power surely deserves as much credit for the recent riots in Jos, Nigeria, as...
by Robert Parham | Dec 1, 2008 | Opinion
A deeper and prolonged financial crisis will likely result in a survival-of-the-fittest scenario among local and national faith organizations, which, in turn, will reshape the religious ethos for years to come. Local media reports suggest an anxious Salvation Army...
by Robert Parham | Nov 24, 2008 | Opinion
The university’s new interpretation of the Bible marked an about-face from a 1986 pamphlet, “Race Relations,” written by a Bible department faculty member, Marshall Neal, who argued that racial segregation was based on the authority of the Bible. A...
