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Isn’t It Time for Islam and Christianity to Get Along?
The Pew Research Center released in early April an in-depth demographic study titled, "The Future of World Religions: Population Growth Projections, 2010-2050: Why Muslims are Rising Fastest and Unaffiliated are...
EthicsDaily.com Documentaries to Screen at Baptist World Congress in Durban
Three EthicsDaily.com documentaries will be shown at the Baptist World Congress in Durban, South Africa, in July. Thousands of Baptists from around the world will gather that week for the congress of the Baptist World...
May 20, 2015
One Pastor Rides Bulls Inside His Church to Attract New Believers (ABC News) Bishop T.D. Jakes' Reconciled Church Looks to Close Racial Divide in Pews (News One) Baptist Pastor's Baptism of a Baby Sets off a Debate...
Churches Can Make Positive Impact on Early Childhood Education
My son was not quite 3 weeks old when my wife and I toured a local Montessori school in search of a pre-K program for him. We reserved a spot in the school beginning October 2016 before he was a month old. Why so...
No Innocents in Battle for Environmental Sustainability
Discussions and debates on the issue of our environmental future often generate more heat than light. We tend to be polarized into camps when such discussions take place. Some have their eyes only on climate change,...
4 Vital Details About Christianity’s Steady Decline
There has been much discussion lately over a recent study published by the Pew Research Center reporting a rise of people of no faith ("the unaffiliated") and the demise of Christianity in the U.S. The numbers are...
May 19, 2015
Theology Feud Pits Half of Town's Protestant Churches Against Another (Christianity Today) Jeb Bush Says Christian Business Owners Can Refuse to Serve Gay Weddings (TIME) Tennessee Man Admits to Plotting Deadly Attack...
Two holy cities
The penultimate day of the Campbell University Divinity School's 2015 Bible Lands Study Tour was spent in Jerusalem and Bethlehem. We began the day with a photo op atop the Mount Olives, then made our way down the Palm...
6 Observations About the Disappearing Church
I was a pastor in a small rural community many years ago, and one of the big events was the annual school board election. The community was small enough that everyone knew everyone else, including all their weaknesses...
4 Dangers to Avoid When Churches Use Social Media
There are so many positive things a minister or church can do with social media that it is hard for me to understand why some avoid it with a passion. I think every pastor and church should use social media to connect...
Profiles In Goodwill: Alan Sherouse
Alan Sherouse is senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Greensboro, North Carolina. 1. Where did you grow up? Lakeland, Florida. 2. What is your favorite verse, book or story in the Bible? Why? The road to Emmaus...
May 18, 1865
'Church Gave B.B. King the Blues' (Ecumenical News) Survey: Texans Not Singing from the Same Hymnal Anymore (McAlester News-Capitol) Georgia Republicans Overwhelmingly Embrace 'Religious Liberty' Proposal (Atlanta...
Old city, long day, much excitement
Participants in the 2015 Campbell Divinity School Bible Lands Study Tour got more than they bargained for on Sunday, as our full day in the Old City happened to coincide with "Jerusalem Day." The pictures below tell...
Picture This …
Today's blog will be told in pictures and captions (the part people really want to see anyway, I know), as the Campbell Divinity School 2015 Bible Lands Study Tour ventured south to the Dead Sea ... Some of us ventured...
Bucket worthy
One of the highlights of Campbell Divinity School's 2015 study tour involves a place that's low and dark: a "Dig for a Day" experience at Tel Mareshah in the Beth Guvrim National Park. Tel Mareshah is located just...
Those baffling Baptist boundary keepers
An admittedly snarky blog by John Pierce Over recent decades a major shift occurred within Southern Baptist Convention leadership. The emphasis moved from cooperation to control. Specifically, terms like “inerrancy”...
Profiles In Goodwill: Stephen Holmes
Stephen Holmes is a Baptist minister and senior lecturer in theology at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. Stephen's articles that have appeared on EthicsDaily.com are available here, and his Skype interview is...
Skype Interview: Michael Okwakol on African Churches
Even crises can be blessings in disguise, an African Baptist leader says. Michael Okwakol, senior pastor of Agape Baptist Church in Kampala, Uganda, and president of the All Africa Baptist Fellowship (AABF), talks...
Happiness: The Christian Faith’s Ultimate Goal – Part 2
Happiness is central to historical Christian faith and practice. But what does it look like and how should it be experienced? There are at least three common headings under which joy or happiness are often considered:...
May 15, 2015
Millennials Seek Faith, Fellowship Outside of Church (Sioux Falls Argus Leader) Judge Orders Parishioners to Vacate Closed Church in Boston (Fox News) Vanderbilt Poll: TN Supports Bible as Official State Book (WBIR)...
On the road again …
It started cool, warmed up, rained for a bit, got toasty, then turned downright chilly -- that's what happens when you travel from Capernaum on the north side of the Sea of Galilee to Beth Shean, then on down to...