by Robert Parham | Dec 7, 2007 | Opinion
When presidential candidate Kennedy addressed his Catholic faith in September 1960, he spoke directly to Protestant ministers about their worries related to papal control and political autonomy. Kennedy then faced their confrontational questions. Presidential...
by Robert Parham | Dec 5, 2007 | Opinion
Republican presidential candidate and Southern Baptist preacher Mike Huckabee needs to speak at the New Baptist Covenant Celebration on Wednesday night, Jan. 30, 2008, in Atlanta. He needs the support of goodwill Baptists–Baptists of goodwill need his support....
by Robert Parham | Dec 4, 2007 | Opinion
Religion is neither a qualifier nor a disqualifier for public office, unless you are a Mormon, one of your opponents is a Southern Baptist and you are both running for the presidential nomination of your party. When former governor Jimmy Carter was in tight race with...
by Robert Parham | Dec 3, 2007 | Opinion
Pro-environmentalism is embedded in Jesus’ moral manifesto found in Luke 4:18-19, a note long ignored among Baptists who consistently water down, spiritualize or privatize this text. Reading from the Hebrew prophet Isaiah, Jesus concluded that God had sent him...
by Robert Parham | Nov 21, 2007 | Opinion
Thanksgiving trumps Christmas. Cultural fundamentalists and sentimental Christians may read that statement as heresy. The former may read it as another salvo in the mislabeled war being waged against Christians via the shift last year in the commercial greetings from...
