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Will we ever be “postwar”?
A weekend engagement at First Baptist of Manchester, Georgia provided an opportunity to revisit Franklin Delano Roosevelt's "Little White House" in Warm Springs, which he visited often. He was working on a speech...
Puzzling Advice Offered by the Apostle Paul
I was invited recently to participate in a discussion at church focused on an interesting question: Why did Paul say that? This prompted some thinking about the Apostle Paul's puzzling and sometimes controversial words...
Faith and Prisons Documentary to Be Screened at Texas Baptists’ Annual Meeting
"Through the Door," EthicsDaily.com's documentary on faith and prisons, will be screened during the Baptist General Convention of Texas' annual meeting with the hope that it will become a widely used moral education...
Profiles in Goodwill: Doug Dortch
Doug Dortch is the senior minister of Mountain Brook Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. Doug's articles that have appeared on EthicsDaily.com are available here. 1. Where did you grow up? York, a small community in...
November 3, 2014
Christians Blast Ballot Initiative Banning Sharia Law in Alabama (Think Progress) Evangelical College in Uproar After President's Stand on Gay Rights (Fox News) 'Doc' Shelton Trades Basketball for Bible (Tennessean)...
November 1, 2014
How the Christian Right is Using Hobby Lobby and “Duck Dynasty” to Take Back America (Mother Jones) Evangelicals Mobilize Voters, But GOP Candidates Less Vocally Supportive (NPR) Mars Hill Church to Dispand, Tells...
Profiles In Goodwill: Nick Lear
Nick Lear is currently one of the pastors of Colchester Baptist Church in Essex, United Kingdom, and will begin work as one of the regional ministers of the Eastern Baptist Association in November. Nick's articles that...
Awe-Inspiring Science Can Convict Us to Save Our World
Science can give us a sense of wonder and a conviction that something must be done to save our world. Former head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Sir John Houghton told audiences at Catalyst Live in...
How Lebanese Churches Help During Syrian Crisis
The Syrian conflict has now become a slow meat grinder with hundreds being killed every month while families and communities across Syria are being systematically destroyed. In the "fog of war," it is very easy to miss...
October 31, 2014
SC Senator Jokes About White Men, Baptists (CNN) Evangelical Haunted Houses are Designed to Show Sinners That They're Going to Hell (Washington Post) Catholic Church to Shut Down Over 50 New York Parishes (Metro US)...
Trees, please
I love trees, and not just the ones sporting the colorful leaves. As a boy, my favorite outdoor hangout was in a tall oak in our side yard. I once dared climb so high that I could peer through the top and see the water...
Profiles In Goodwill: Leroy Seat
Leroy Seat was a missionary to Japan from 1966-2004 and is both professor emeritus of Seinan Gakuin University and pastor emeritus of Fukuoka International Church. Leroy's articles that have appeared on EthicsDaily.com...
Walker: Morality Without God Is No More Than a Feeling
Morality is defined by the character of God, Tanya Walker said at Catalyst Live. An atheistic view of morality creates problems that even atheists recognize, Walker told Catalyst Live in Sheffield and Reading, England....
Standing Up to Hate Against Our Muslim Neighbors
The epistle lesson from the lectionary last Sunday took us to 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8. It's a passage that we don't often hear preached in church or a book we often study in Bible classes, but it's a passage that has a...
October 30, 2014
Southern Baptists Tell Pastors: Hold Line on Gays (ABC News) Speaker Says Holiness, Not Heterosexuality, Goal of Outreach to Gays (Baptist News Global) Hagan Talks Voting Rights with NC Black Baptists (Charlotte News...
How to Keep Your Faith from Wilting
One of the pressing concerns of 21st century individual and congregational spiritual life is the question of depth. To be blunt, there isn't much. Study after study has revealed the sad truth that much of what we call...
Brueggemann: Churches Should Be Source of Greater Honesty
In an exclusive interview for BMS World Mission's Catalyst Live in Reading, England, renowned theologian Walter Brueggemann spoke about greater honesty, the purpose of preaching and the sentence he wishes he'd written...
Profiles In Goodwill: Wissam al-Saliby
Wissam al-Saliby is the partnerships manager at Arab Baptist Theological Seminary in Lebanon. Wissam's articles that have appeared on EthicsDaily.com are available here, and a photo news story of monasteries in Lebanon...
October 29, 2014
Southern Baptists Laud Marriage, Only Not for Gays (WFMYNews2) Evangelical Leader Russell Moore Denounces Ex-Gay Therapy (Religion News Service) Seminary Grad Outs 'Closets' in Baptist Life (Baptist News Global)...
The Silent Majority in Middle East Seeks Peace
Despite the undeniable fact that Christians are an "endangered species" in the Middle East, Martin Accad of the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary (ABTS) suggested that a narrative that sees all Muslims as predators...
Profiles In Goodwill: Bill Ireland
Bill Ireland is the senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Dalton, Georgia. Bill's articles that have appeared on EthicsDaily.com are available here. 1. Where did you grow up? Greenville, Mississippi. 2. What is your...