by Robert Parham | Jun 2, 2008 | Opinion
Three different organizations have more in common that appears at first blush. One is an anti-civil rights and anti-income tax organization founded as an anti-communist body fearful that alleged traitors in the American government were seeking to establish a one-world...
by Robert Parham | May 28, 2008 | Opinion
Payday lenders are like McDonald’s and dry cleaners–good businesses that want good locations to provide ready accessibility to customers who need good financial services. Payday lenders offer a popular product in economically tough times for which...
by Robert Parham | May 27, 2008 | Opinion
Don’t miss the Baptist Center for Ethics’ luncheon in Memphis on Thursday, June 19, at the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship’s annual gathering. You will hear a Methodist law-school professor who rocked Alabama’s faith community out of its moral...
by Robert Parham | May 22, 2008 | Opinion
The late Baptist ethics professor Henlee Barnette contended that his friend and mentor Clarence Jordan stood in the tradition of a biblical prophet. In the very first chapter of Clarence Jordan: Turning Dreams into Deeds, Barnette offered a compelling definition of an...
by Robert Parham | May 21, 2008 | Opinion
Pundits and politicians are hurling around the term false prophets, making one wonder if the term is the newest way to smear an opponent with a negative religious image. Are all our opponents false prophets? What really is a false prophet? Seeking to deflect criticism...