by Robert Parham | Jun 15, 2007 | Opinion
Old guard and new wave fundamentalists battled this week over the perimeters of exclusivity in the Southern Baptist Convention. Contrary to headlines, the battle was not between moderates and fundamentalists. That struggle began to wane 19 years ago at another San...
by Robert Parham | Jun 8, 2007 | Opinion
The politics of fear afflicts our culture and infects our congregations. “We have become a nation consumed by fear, worried about terrorists and rogue nations, Muslims and Mexicans, foreign companies and free trade, immigrants and international...
by Robert Parham | Jun 4, 2007 | Opinion
A British Baptist churchman has an urgent message for G-8 leaders when they begin meeting on Wednesday in Germany. “As the clock ticks, peoples’ lives are lost. The world can’t wait: the G8 must deliver on their promises and take decisive...
by Robert Parham | Jun 1, 2007 | Opinion
May was the deadliest month in Iraq for U.S. military personnel in 30 months of false promises, failed strategies and feckless stalling. American military fatalities last month totaled 124. The only months with higher U.S. casualties in the 4-year-old war were...
by Robert Parham | May 31, 2007 | Opinion
Southern Baptist Convention President Frank Page accuses the planners of the New Baptist Covenant, a working group of some 18 entities, of having a “leftwing liberal agenda.” The New Baptist Covenant celebration was announced at a meeting in early January...