by Robert Parham | Jul 18, 2011 | Opinion
Judging politicians by their preachers is a great temptation to which many succumb, adding more poison to the public square in at least two ways. First, it fosters the false fear that dogmatic preachers have undue influence over politicians – when they really...
by Robert Parham | Jul 13, 2011 | Opinion
Christianity played a constructive role in the birth last weekend of the world’s newest nation – South Sudan. Southern Sudanese voted in a weeklong referendum of self-determination in January 2011 to pursue a course of independence from Sudan, a nation divided...
by Robert Parham | Jul 11, 2011 | Opinion
Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation released a study last week that reported on American girth – the obesity epidemic – which is nowhere heftier than in the South. “The obesity epidemic continues to be most dramatic in the...
by Robert Parham | Jul 6, 2011 | Opinion
Only after Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley, a Southern Baptist, signed into law the nation’s harshest anti-immigration bill did the state’s goodwill faith leaders voice their public opposition to the law. One wonders what is morally wrong with Alabama’s...
by Robert Parham | Jun 22, 2011 | Opinion
Did President George W. Bush’s tax cuts deliver on what he promised 10 years ago? Speaking on April 16, 2001, at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Bush said, “Enough is enough. The American people deserve tax relief.” He repeated a variation of that...
