by Robert Parham | Jun 5, 2006 | Opinion
The Dixie Chicks deserve applause from America’s new moral majority–those who said the war against Iraq failed to pass the time-honored code of just war theory and those 56 percent who now say the war was the wrong thing to do. Their chart-topping album,...
by Robert Parham | Jun 2, 2006 | Opinion
We are blessed with a rich heritage, a heritage that some need to reclaim, a heritage about which a new generation needs to know. A good slice of our heritage comes from Henlee Barnette, whom we honor as part of BCE’s luncheon next month at the annual meeting of...
by Robert Parham | May 31, 2006 | Opinion
Today is my last day on drugs. Tomorrow is my first day off of acute leukemia medication in 15 months. No more monthly trips to see my dealer at the Vanderbilt Medical Center pharmacy. No more pills—pills priced at $4,500 per month for 240 tablets taken at a clip of...
by Robert Parham | May 26, 2006 | Opinion
If you want to know what Southern Baptist Convention leaders really think about public education, follow them to school. The most visible nominee for the presidency of the SBC is Ronnie Floyd, pastor of First Baptist Church in Springdale, Ark. His church has its own...
by Robert Parham | May 22, 2006 | Opinion
When moderate Southern Baptists ran the Southern Baptist Convention, they kept great public distance from the National Council of the Churches USA. Contact was almost always under the cloak of darkness Moderate Baptists have tilted. At least now we say the “e...
