by Robert Parham | Dec 7, 2010 | Opinion
How many goodwill Baptists and others of faith have invested their dollars this year in moral advocacy? Not nearly enough. Active people of faith support lots of good, nonprofit causes. Many do so sacrificially. Too few give to organizations that pursue social...
by Robert Parham | Dec 2, 2010 | Opinion
Carolyn Weatherford Crumpler sent me an e-mail about a conversation she had with Joe Crumpler, her husband and longtime Ohio pastor. She wrote that she and Joe were talking about how every pastor needs a pastor. Carolyn is a former board member of the Baptist Center...
by Robert Parham | Nov 29, 2010 | Opinion
Protecting the poor is a biblical imperative. It’s a non-negotiable moral imperative for Christians in the public square. No better passage provides a proof-text for this moral obligation than Deuteronomy 15:11, where God instructs the people: “For the...
by Robert Parham | Nov 23, 2010 | Opinion
One of the unmatched and undeserved blessings of my adult life is heading up EthicsDaily.com and its parent organization, the Baptist Center for Ethics. Where I am is where I ought to be. And where I am is made possible by you – our readers, donors and customers. A...
by Robert Parham | Nov 18, 2010 | Opinion
America’s culture war at Christmas is back, except this year fundamentalist Christians and Fox News didn’t fire the first salvos. Nope, by all accounts, the godless fired first on the God-believers. Who knew that those who dismiss belief in God were so...
