by Robert Parham | Jun 21, 2013 | Opinion
Border control is one of the lynchpins in comprehensive immigration reform. Political conservatives argue that the United States must secure its southern border before it moves toward providing a way for the undocumented already in the country to have a pathway to...
by Robert Parham | Jun 14, 2013 | Opinion
Praying for one another is one thing that Southern Baptist Convention and Cooperative Baptist Fellowship loyalists can do for one another, so argued a Texas Baptist editor prior to the annual meetings of the SBC and CBF. Marv Knox, editor of the Baptist Standard,...
by Robert Parham | Jun 10, 2013 | Opinion
A Tennessee congressman cited the Bible to justify cutting food stamps for the poor while he has accepted millions of dollars in farm subsidies from the federal government. According to press reports and C-Span video, here’s what happened. When the agriculture...
by Robert Parham | May 31, 2013 | Opinion
Father’s Day is a distant second to Mother’s Day at every point – sentimentality, celebration and commerce. And that needs to change. It’s a cultural event that affords a platform for truth-telling and moral advocacy. Granted, Mother’s Day got...
by Robert Parham | May 21, 2013 | Opinion
Americans of faith ought to feel a chill when they hear that the Internal Revenue Service asked a pro-life group about the content of its prayers. According to the Des Moines Register, the president of the Coalition for Life of Iowa applied in 2009 for a tax-exempt...