by Robert Parham | Feb 25, 2008 | Opinion
Do a Google search for the words “Baptists” and “payday.” You will be surprised by what you find and disappointed by what is missing. You will find abundant references to the Baptist preacher R. G. Lee, who preached over 1,200 times the same...
by Robert Parham | Feb 20, 2008 | Opinion
The predatory practice of payday lenders flourishes in the Bible Belt, the very place where one would think that the piety and morality of church goers would oppose such ventures that charge the poor exorbitant interest rates exceeding those of “the old mafia...
by Robert Parham | Feb 19, 2008 | Opinion
The Florida Board of Education should discount a letter from the top official of the Florida Baptist Convention opposing the approval of language for the new science standards that reads: “Evolution is the fundamental concept underlying all of biology and is...
by Robert Parham | Feb 13, 2008 | Opinion
Goodwill Baptists in North America are having feverish public and private conversations about next steps. Of course, trying to get Baptists heading in the same direction is like herding cats, a near impossibility. Nonetheless, it is a moral imperative that we work...
by Robert Parham | Feb 12, 2008 | Opinion
The Republican Party is heading toward a spiritual smack down. In one corner are the party officials, waving the placards of pragmatic compromise. In the other corner are the conservative Christian leaders, holding high the cross of moral conviction. Their grudge...
