by Zach Dawes Jr | Mar 23, 2018 | Opinion
The first public speech of Jesus in Luke’s Gospel, an adaptation of Isaiah 61:1-2, declares his calling to “proclaim freedom for the prisoners.” In one of his final public speeches in Matthew’s Gospel, Jesus identifies himself with, among other...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Mar 14, 2018 | Opinion
A challenging and potentially transformative command to enact an economic Sabbath is found in Deuteronomy 15:1-11. Every seven years, Hebrew creditors were to release the remaining debt of the loans given during the previous six years. Debt was the ultimate source of...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Feb 23, 2018 | Opinion
Affirming and supporting women in all local church ministry positions is a distinctive of the moderate Baptist movement. Sometimes, it takes instances like the Tennessee Baptist Convention’s removal of First Baptist of Jefferson City, Tennessee, from its...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Dec 29, 2017 | Opinion
Grief and joy bookended 2017 for me and the Baptist Center for Ethics / EthicsDaily.com. The first quarter of the year saw our staff building on the energy from the fall 2016 release of “The Disturbances” documentary DVD and companion book. Fifteen...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Dec 4, 2017 | Opinion
The recognition, preservation and expansion of human rights took a substantial step forward on Dec. 10, 1948, when the United Nations approved a Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Eleanor Roosevelt, widow of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, presented the...
