2012 Is About Leadership

Leadership is the pole to which many issues are tethered in 2012. As the Arab Spring unfolds in a new year, the struggle is over leadership. American electoral politics is about leadership. Clashing Republicans seek to find a standard-bearer to challenge President...

John Wesley Speaks to Vulture Capitalism

What would John Wesley, the founder of Methodism and the preacher of one of the most famous sermons on the use of money, say about vulture capitalism? First, what is vulture capitalism? Vulture capitalism is a verbal bomb being thrown by politicians and pundits in the...

Remember Why the SBC Left the BWA

Southern Baptist Convention and Baptist World Alliance leaders met Dec. 19, 2011, eight years to the day that an SBC committee recommended that the SBC withdraw membership in and defund the BWA. A BWA press release said the recent meeting was a follow-up to a 2004...

On Immigration, Cite the Bible “ and the Chamber

The Chamber of Commerce has a resource every pastor needs – and needs to be able to cite. If the goodwill faith community seeks the welfare of the undocumented immigrant based on the biblical imperative to care for the immigrant, the business community seeks the...