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Ruby Roars into Retirement (newsblog)
RIDGECREST – Ruby Fulbright gave her last report as executive director-treasurer of Woman’s Missionary Union of North Carolina (WMU-NC) dressed in a race car driver’s fire suit April 21, delighting...
Nuns in trouble …
The largest organization of Roman Catholic nuns in America has come under fire from the Vatican, which has blasted the organization for promoting what Church officials called "radical feminist themes" while putting too...
Unimaginable changes
By John Pierce As a college student in the mid-1970s, I sold men’s clothing at Loveman’s — a department store in Chattanooga’s Eastgate Mall. Most of my colleagues were students at Tennessee...
“The Three Stooges”
I'm a huge Three Stooges fan. I have been since childhood. Being a fan means I'm the target audience of the new feature movie. One would think I would be thrilled to see the antics of Moe, Larry and Curly up on the big...
CEO as Commander in Chief: A Workable Model?
"Start packing!" That was Mitt Romney's directive when asked if he had anything to say to President Obama now that, at least unofficially, the 2012 general election campaign for White House residency has begun. Not at...
How Good Teachers Inspire Our Better Angels
One of my earliest mentors and teachers was a biology professor in my senior year of high school. His name was Mr. Butler. In those days, I was something of a class clown. We had moved so many times in the course of my...
The Lord’s Prayer: The God to Whom We Pray
A sermon delivered by Joel Snider, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Rome, Ga., on February 26, 2012. Romans 8:14-17 Morning Prayer: O God, our Father, we enter this Lenten season with a sense of hope. We know that you...
The Proof of a Loving Touch
A sermon delivered by Michael Cheuk, Pastor, Farmville Baptist Church, Farmville, Va., on April 15, 2012. Second Sunday of Easter John 20:19-31 Have you ever played a practical joke on someone? I’m sure we all have at...
Questions Are Better than Answers
A sermon delivered by Kathy Pickett, Pastor of Congregational Life, Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City, Mo., on April 15, 2012. John 20: 19-31 Thank goodness for Thomas and his need for experiential proof. Poor...
Busting Common Myths About Organ Donation
As a college ethics teacher, I have always tried to encourage my students to develop a reasoned argument that would support their position. Many of my students quickly develop a syllogism designed to support their...
Baptist Life Celebrates the Ordinary
Editor's note: This column is another of several EthicsDaily.com will carry from an initiative from Great Britain called "Beyond400.net – Baptists Imagining Life After 400 Years." I suppose one of the things that I...
Why Your Church Should Observe Earth Day
This coming Sunday is Earth Day, the 43rd annual reminder of our responsibility to care for our planet and its complex components. Not exactly a day in the Christian calendar, like Christmas, Easter, Pentecost and All...
Well done, Discovery
As a confessed space nerd, it was hard not to get a little teary at the images of the space shuttle Discovery flying laps around Washington, D.C. before landing at Dulles Air Force base on Tuesday (April 17). On...
Baptist Colleges Spend Millions on Sports
What's with B? Baylor. Bears. Baptists. Mercer. Bears. Baptists. Belmont. Bruins. Baptists (no longer technically, but still). Back to the Baylor Bears – home to Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III. Home to the...
Should Christians Talk About Animal Rights?
Every year on my birthday, my wonderful mother is always willing to cook a meal of my choosing. The common denominator in almost all of these meals is chicken. Teriyaki chicken. Barbecue chicken. Chicken 'n' dumplings....
Are You Lonesome Tonight? More of Us Are
In 1960, Elvis Presley recorded a song that had been written in 1926, and it became an immediate hit. "AreYouLonesomeTonight?" set records for the speediest rise on the Billboard Top 40 chart and remained at No. 1 for...
Will Majority Religions Protect the Rights of All?
Editor's note: Guy Sayles, pastor of First Baptist Church in Asheville, N.C., offered the following remarks at the April 12, 2012, meeting of the Buncombe County Board of Education. "While the statement is...
SBC Official Issues Apology for Plagiarism
Richard Land, president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, issued an apology on Monday for plagiarism during his radio show – Richard Land Live! – after a news story...
Explaining to a 3-Year-Old Why Taxes are Good
How do you explain taxes to a 3-year-old? I was leaving the house one day to pick up the completed tax return from our preparer. Cooper, our grandson, asked where I was going. When I told him, I could tell that the...
An ethical plagiarist? (updated)
I'm keeping this short in hopes that readers will go immediately to this eye-opening post by Aaron Weaver, who has done careful work in demonstrating that Richard Land, head of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics...
Titanic “ Precursor to the 20th Century’s Start
April 15, 1912. If you have been paying attention to the media at all, you recognize that as the date that Titanic, the majestic ocean liner, sank. Most of you probably know more about the Titanic than I do. For some...