by Robert Parham | Dec 17, 2013 | Opinion
Radio show host Rush Limbaugh accused Pope Francis of Marxism after the release of “Evangelli Gaudium” or “The Joy of the Gospel,” a 50,000-word statement on proclaiming the gospel which begins with the pope’s hope for “a new...
by Robert Parham | Dec 10, 2013 | Opinion
Apartheid was good. So said Curtis Caine, a director of the Christian Life Commission, later renamed the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). Caine said on Sept. 14, 1988, that apartheid “doesn’t exist [any...
by Robert Parham | Dec 3, 2013 | Opinion
What happened to the wise men’s gold given to Jesus after his birth in Bethlehem? I first asked the question in a 2010 editorial: “So, what happened to that wealth? What did Mary and Joseph do with the gold?” I asked a second time in a 2011...
by Robert Parham | Nov 26, 2013 | Opinion
When I was a young lad, I heard Southern novelist and poet James Dickey speak. He was asked by an aspiring writer when he knew that he had finished writing a book or poem. Dickey answered, “I never finish writing anything. I just run out of time.”...
by Robert Parham | Nov 19, 2013 | Opinion
Comprehensive immigration reform in the current Congress appears dead, another painful reminder of how broken Washington is and another promising opportunity for the church to be the church. “[W]e have no intention of ever going to conference on the Senate...
