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Campolo to Baptists: ‘Carry Out the Great Commandment’
Popular author and preacher Tony Campolo urged Baptists to help care for the needs of others by making systemic changes to American society and churches. Campolo spoke April 4 during the final plenary session of the...
Jesus’ Death Shouldn’t Be Used to Fuel Anti-Semitism
My friend, Mark, sent me an article describing a newly published book on Passover, innocuously titled "Passover Family Pack: Everything You Need To Enjoy a Passover Seder Dinner." Problem is: it's a Christian book that...
If Frodo Owned an iPhone, Could He Have Destroyed It?
Googling "iPhone addiction" brings up several results (and by several I mean 1.8 million). Some of these results are YouTube videos, in which filmmakers chronicle and parody an addiction to the iPhone or other...
Teaching preaching
The late John Carlton was arguably the most popular professor on the Southeastern Seminary campus back in the glory days. A dapper and eloquent man, Dr. Carlton was both inspiring to hear and more generous with his...
Let’s Save Lives: Serious Gun Regulation Long Overdue
In the face of public violence, gun advocates often repeat the mantra, "Guns don't kill people – people kill people." That defense fails to take a gun's magnitude of lethality into account. In less than a month,...
Coffey Encourages New Baptist Covenant Movement
The president of the Baptist World Alliance, David Coffey, encouraged Baptists to continue to move forward with the movement that started last year with the Celebration of a New Baptist Covenant. A British Baptist...
In Easter Pageant, All Should Identify with Thief’s Role
If you are on our church campus this week, you will likely notice the reverberating sounds of construction, you will hear the echo of orchestral instruments and a large chorus of vocalists rehearsing, and you will...
Good Samaritans wanted
Two good friends of mine had a harrowing experience yesterday: an 18-year-old daughter went missing on the way home from a long-distance visit with friends the previous night. A frantic day of path-tracing, phone...
Taking time off
Getting away with family is important. So I am grateful for a spring break trip to the Cumberland Plateau of Tennessee last week. Overall, I give myself a B+ for shutting out work — which was kept to a minimum. The...
Carter Urges Baptists to Unite Despite Differences
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter encouraged Baptists to put aside disagreements, urging them instead to unite behind "the gospel's simple message" that "we are saved by the grace of God through our faith in Jesus...
EthicsDaily.com Has Role in Transformative Time Akin to Age of Gutenberg
We are witnessing a transformative period—a distant kin to the advent of the Gutenberg printing press—that has profound consequences for civic and moral engagement. Print newspapers are going out of business. Baptist...
Some Christians ‘Dress Up’ Jesus to Match Their Politics
Many little girls and boys like to play dress-up. As a kid I wanted to be a Dallas Cowboy. I had the helmet, shoulder pads, jersey and pants. At some point, we all outgrow the childhood desire to play dress-up. Or do...
Resurrection Embodies the Essence of Christianity
The prospect of Easter prompts me to think about what resurrection means. Resurrection means Jesus lives. Christians know and walk with a risen Lord. We encounter Jesus not only as a figure of history but as a...
He likes it — hey Mikey!
People of a certain age remember an old commercial introducing Life cereal, one of the first cereals touted as being particularly healthful. Two mop-headed boys (presumably brothers) are at the breakfast table,...
Goatley Urges Baptists to “Color Outside the Lines”
David Goatley, executive secretary-treasurer of the Lott Carey Baptist Foreign Mission Convention, urged Baptists gathering from several different denominations not to allow borders to separate them from one another....
Police Raid Baptist Home in Azerbaijan, Detain Three Women
Washington, DC (BWA) --Three Baptist women were detained and fined for "illegally spreading Christianity and other faiths" in the South Caucasus country of Azerbaijan on March 25. The three, who are from Baku, the...
“Monsters vs. Aliens”
DreamWorks continues the stream of animated 3-D movies with a throwback to the ’50s monster/Armageddon pictures called “Monsters vs. Aliens.” Susan Murphy (Reese Witherspoon) is about to have her dream wedding to her...
Palm Sunday’s Lesson: Jesus Doesn’t Fit Our Mold
This Sunday Christians around the world will celebrate Palm Sunday. This observance recalls Jesus' arrival into Jerusalem at the beginning of what would be the last week of his life. Jesus arrives in Jerusalem riding...
Women Ministers Form Support Group in Arkansas
Carolyn Staley sees a parallel between racial relations in church life and the relationship of women in ministry. Staley, the minister of education at Pulaski Heights Baptist Church in Little Rock, Ark., has...
De desire for de-baptism
A friend pointed me to Breitbart.com, where an intriguing article describes a growing trend among European atheists to seek "de-baptism."The writer reports that more than 100,000 Britons have downloaded "certificates...
At the Table: Eat
Sermon delivered by Heather Entrekin, pastor of Prairie Baptist Church in Prairie Village, K.S., on Mar. 29 2009. John 12: 20-33 The other day, I was having dinner with some friends at a nice bistro restaurant in...