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New EthicsDaily.com Short Video at New Baptist Covenant; Tweets Planned
A new EthicsDaily.com short video will be broadcast during the opening session of NewBaptistCovenant 2 on Nov. 17 at Second-Ponce de Leon Baptist Church in Atlanta, the anchor site for the second national gathering of...
The dog ate it
By John Pierce One of my third-grade classmates once offered the classic excuse for not turning in her homework assignment. She told our teacher: “The fan blew it off the table and the dog ate it.” Those...
Do know, do tell
There's been an awful lot of misdirected anger expressed by Penn State students and fans the past few days, since legendary football coach Joe Paterno was fired in the wake of a sex abuse scandal involving a former...
Bishops Gear Up for Fight with Obama
(RNS) When the nation’s Catholic bishops gather for their annual fall meeting next week (Nov. 14-16) in Baltimore, the issue that will stand out in an otherwise small-bore internal agenda is their growing resolve to...
Why Penn State Abuse Is (and Isn’t) Like the Catholic Church
(RNS) Penn State coaching legend Joe Paterno is out in the university’s burgeoning sex abuse scandal, and comparisons to the Roman Catholic Church’s own abuse scandals are in. “The parallels are too striking to ignore....
Black Seminaries Embrace Hip-hop
WASHINGTON (RNS) It’s hard enough to get young people out of bed and into the pews on a Sunday morning, but two leading black seminaries think they have found a way to grab the next generation: hip-hop. “If we’re going...
Keeping Protests from Escalating to Extreme Actions
Roger LaPorte may be a name you never remember hearing. And you may not even remember the tragic incident associated with him. Just like me until a few weeks ago. I write this, though, in memory of Roger, who died of...
“Tower Heist”
Journalists use the phrase "burying the lead," which refers to hiding the primary aspects of a story. "Tower Heist," now playing, is guilty of burying the lead. First, the movie has the word "heist" in it. That means...
Learning to Invest “ Not Bury “ Our Faith
Some portions of Scripture seriously tempt me to abandon my Christian faith and go on the lookout for another religious tradition that more unambiguously represents what I understand to be the truth and efficacy about...
Giving for the World’s Sake
A sermon delivered by, Joel Snider, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Rome, Ga., on November 6, 2011. 2 Corinthians 8:1-7 Morning Prayer: O Lord, we pray today for those who are generous with their livelihoods, both within...
Good Grief
A sermon delivered by David Hughes, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Winston-Salem, Nc., on November 6, 2011. 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 Had she still been alive, my mother would have celebrated her 84th birthday this past...
Blessed Are Those Who Mourn
A sermon delivered by Randy Hyde, Pastor , Pulaski Heights Baptist Church, Little Rock, Ark., on November 6, 2011 Psalm 70:1-5; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 My friend John Killinger writes of a particularly...
Unless You Go With Us
A sermon delivered by David Hughes, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Winston-Salem, Nc., on October 16, 2011. Exodus 33:12-23 I know of nothing in this world that is more important, and more mysterious than God’s...
Hour of Decision
A sermon delivered by Robert Browning, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Frankfort, Ky., on November 6, 2011. Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25 In 1950, Billy Graham took to the airwaves with a thirty minute program called,...
A Close Look At Love
A sermon delivered by Wendell Griffen, Pastor, New Millennium Church, Little Rock, Ark., on November 6, 2011. Luke 8:15 15But as for that in the good soil, these are the ones who, when they hear the word, hold it fast...
Study Says Religious Services Make Some Women Happier
A new study in the Journal of Religion and Health suggests that—at least for some women of a certain age—there’s a link between optimism and attendance at religious services. “We looked at the religious practices of...
NCC Leader to Step Down
(RNS) The National Council of Churches announced on Wednesday (Nov. 9) that General Secretary Michael Kinnamon is resigning due to health reasons. Kinnamon, 63, told the ecumenical group’s governing board that he must...
After Miss. Defeat, What’s next for Personhood?
WASHINGTON (RNS) The failure of the “personhood” initiative in Mississippi on Tuesday (Nov. 8) intensified what appears to be a growing divide in the anti-abortion movement. Some backers of the initiative, which aimed...
Is Your God Too Small? Time to Super-Size
The title of J.B. Phillips' classic book got it right: "Your God is Too Small." Many of us have, sometimes without our knowing it, substituted a paltry and puny God for the great and gracious God made known in Jesus....
Recognizing Students’ Needs in Theological Education
Editor's note: The column below is part one of a three-part series on theological education. For the past six years, I have had the opportunity to work with the leadership of CentralBaptistTheologicalSeminary in Kansas...
British Food Banks on Rise as Cuts Hit Poorest
The number of people requiring emergency food in the United Kingdom is set to increase markedly over the next three or four years as the full impact of the government's cuts are felt. That's according to...