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Profiles in Goodwill: Richard Wilson
Richard Wilson is the Columbus Roberts professor of theology and chair of the Roberts department of Christianity in the college of liberal arts at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia, and, for 2014, the president of...
U.S., Cuban Baptists Build Bridges During Celebration
A Baptist delegation from the United States trekked to Cuba earlier this month to learn more about Cuban Baptists and build bridges of understanding. Despite a distance of only 90 miles, the two nations remain worlds...
2 Lessons from the Life of an Unlikely Friend
The recent death of a good friend, Omer Ritchie, saddened everyone in our little church. Omer provided a powerful demonstration of how Christians can love one another in spite of theological differences. Reflecting on...
October 21, 2014
Religion and the Midterm Election Vote (Religion News Service) Evangelicals Road Test 2016 Strategy (Politico) Cardinal Dolan Stresses Strictness of Catholic Church Doctrine After Vatican Approves Conservative Document...
Profiles in Goodwill: Sarah Stone
Sarah Stone is a writer for BMS World Mission. Sarah's articles that have appeared on EthicsDaily.com are available here. 1. Where did you grow up? Ipswich, Suffolk, England. 2. What is your favorite Bible verse, book...
Few Adults Know Blessing of Best Friends. Who’s Yours?
My best friend was married two years ago, and I had the honor of delivering the homily. When it came time to the rehearsal dinner speech, I spoke "off the cuff," ending my speech by saying, "I thought that when one...
Skype Interview: Sayyid Syeed on ISIS
Making sure Muslim youths don't fall victim to misunderstandings of Islam perpetuated by ISIS is paramount. That's a message in a recent Islamic document issued by a top Muslim authority, and it's the subject of a new...
Subpoenaing Sermons: Houston, We Have Another Problem
Social media is having a field day, and rightfully so. Annise Parker, mayor of Houston, Texas, has decided to pressure a handful of pastors who are vocal in their disagreement of a new ordinance, which adds sexual...
October 20, 2014
First Baptist Church Brings Awareness to Perils of Domestic Violence (Cleveland Plain Dealer) Vatican Meeting on Family Walks Back Liberal Language on Gay Couples, Divorce (Washington Post) Catholic Bishops Scrap...
October 18, 2014
Southern Evangelicals: Dwindling – and Taking the GOP Edge With Them (Atlantic) Baptist Church Turned Single-Family Mansion for $5.875 Million (SF Chronicle) Iman: It's 'Code Red' for American Muslims (CNN) Higher...
Why People Seem to Thrive on Resentment
It's not only love that makes the world go round. Resentment, too, is prominent in stirring the drink. In so many ways, our world is drowning in resentment. Everywhere you look, it seems, someone is bitter about...
Profiles in Goodwill: Terrell Carter
Terrell Carter is minister of administration at Third Baptist Church in St. Louis and director of the Foundations in Ministry program for Central Baptist Theological Seminary in St. Louis. Terrell's articles that have...
How Small, Bivocational Churches Serve Their Communities
Leaders from three churches shared how God was using them to impact their communities at the regional biennial meeting of American Baptist Churches of Indiana and Kentucky. Two of the churches were smaller. One speaker...
October 17, 2014
Mars Hill Church Reeling as Pastor Marc Driscoll Quits (Seattle Times) Huckabee to Take 18 Iowa Evangelical Leaders on 10-Day Overseas Trip (Des Moines Register) Baptist Leaders Oppose Subpoenaing of Pastors (Baptist...
A walking cliché
There's nothing original about saying that life is a journey, not a destination. A quote to that effect is often attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson, but at least one "Quote Investigator" has been unable to find it in...
Profiles in Goodwill: Bob Newell
Bob Newell, formerly ministry coordinator for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship in Athens, Greece, has recently relocated to Texas, where he will continue his work with PORTA--the Albania House in Athens. Bob's...
Orthodoxy and Heresy: Theology’s Odd Couple
A recent study series at church on John's letters in the New Testament brought the reminder that they were most likely written in response to an interpretation of the gospel that came to be identified with Gnostic...
How Your Church Can Respond to Human Trafficking
Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan and Kailash Satyarthi of India were jointly awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel Committee recognized Yousafzai and Satyarthi "for their struggle against the...
October 16, 2014
Wisconsin Campus Gifted to Southern Seminary (Baptist Press) Nashville-area Faith Leaders Divided on Abortion Measure (Tennessean) Mark Driscoll, Top Megachurch Pastor, Resigns (CNN) Mark Driscoll Resigns from Mars...
How Some Microfinance Firms Bilk Poor Clients
A fascinating BBC news story emerged recently. A controversial payday lender called Wonga came to a voluntary settlement with the United Kingdom regulator after admitting it had been lending recklessly, at high...
3 Observations in the Medical Missionary Debate
Brian Palmer at Slate muses about the work of medical missionaries, like Dr. Kent Brantly, who contracted Ebola in Liberia: "It's great that these people are doing God's work, but do they have to talk about him so...