by Robert Parham | Sep 19, 2008 | Opinion
An action thriller ripping across three continents has a storyline about the son of an Islamic cleric, who displays admirable piety and wrestles with moral ambiguity, and the son of a Baptist preacher, who discloses a minimalist faith. One seeks God’s will; the...
by Robert Parham | Sep 18, 2008 | Opinion
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary doctoral student David Roach is writing his dissertation under the working title of “The Southern Baptist Convention and Civil Rights, 1954-1995.” These bookend dates begin with the Supreme Court’s ruling against...
by Robert Parham | Sep 12, 2008 | Opinion
Claiming evangelicals are converting from Republican sin to Democratic salvation doesn’t make it so no matter how many times that chorus is sung, and it has been sung over and over by progressive community organizers, quasi-religious politicians and liberal...
by Robert Parham | Sep 9, 2008 | Opinion
The nomination of Sarah Palin changed Southern Baptist fundamentalism quicker than Eve tempted Adam to eat the apple in the Garden of Eden, metaphorically speaking. The Republican Party’s first woman caused Republican Party’s first-line male clergy to...
by Robert Parham | Sep 5, 2008 | Opinion
The annual convention of the Islamic Society of North America was more like an annual convention of Baptists than most Baptists would want to know: leaders wrapped the will of God around appeals for funds; scripture citation was frequent; cell phones rang at...
