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McCain and Obama Are Afraid of Sacrifice
Why would two card-carrying Christians evade the issue of sacrifice in a nation where the overwhelming majority professes faith and a significant slice say the nation is Christian?" Since World War II, we have never...
‘Feeding the 5,000’
Rev. Alan Kimber was at one time the pastor of Westfall United Methodist Church in Durban, South Africa. He said that at the time there were two classrooms in the township, with 500 kids going to school in two...
No One Wants to See Bush on the Big Screen Now
Oliver Stone will release his biopic of George W. Bush on Oct. 17. Prediction: Almost no one will want to see it. Starring Josh Brolin ("No Country for Old Men") as the president, the simply titled "W" carries the...
We tend to see what we’re looking for
The presidential debate at Baptist-rooted Belmont University in Nashville on Tuesday night had me looking at the slow-moving clock about half-way through. But then, the post-game shows are often more interesting than...
We Are the Bible Others Read
We Christians really are the only Bible that some people will read. Meanwhile, about a week ago the Christian publisher Zondervan launched the Bible Across America tour to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the New...
Hope After the Foundations Crumble
The world changed forever on July 16, 1945. Somewhere in the remote basin of the Jemez Mountains in northern New Mexico, the first nuclear bomb was detonated. Though this was just a test, secretly and simultaneously...
New Conflicts Erupt Over Creationism in Public Schools
A school board in Ohio is holding a hearing examining claims that an eighth-grade science teacher kept a Bible on his desk, taught creationism and burned crosses on students' arms. A third-grader teacher in California...
Be the Answer to Your Prayer
What is the real purpose of a National Day of Prayer? I have often been puzzled by efforts to get large numbers of people praying about something. Is the assumption being made that God only responds to a critical mass...
If the feds own your church …
My friend David Stratton recently drew my attention to a potential issue arising from the U.S. government's plan to shore up the banking system by buying up mortgage debt: what if one of those bundles of debt includes...
Palin Stuck Between Rock and Tube of Lipstick
The case of Sarah Palin is extraordinary in the history of American politics, even as it seems entirely ordinary in the history of American women. The case of Sarah Palin is extraordinary in the history of American...
Palin Stuck Between Rock and Tube of Lipstick
The case of Sarah Palin is extraordinary in the history of American politics, even as it seems entirely ordinary in the history of American women. The case of Sarah Palin is extraordinary in the history of American...
A Psalm for the ‘Bad Moon Rising’
I feel it in my bones. Now that the economists, the stock brokers and the bankers are losing fortunes and losing faith we are all paying attention. Not to the things we normally do in the most pleasant month of the...
Faithful Leaders Practice the Gift of Wisdom
To some, Solomon's request for wisdom was admirable, and God's decision to grant him this and the wealth he did not ask for was a confirmation of the goodness of his request. To others, his response was manipulative....
Finding, making community
Time was set aside last Friday for an annual physical exam. When one is past 50, doctors like to do a lot of poking around.The hour spent in the waiting room was a window into the world of others. All around me were...
New EthicsDaily.com Video to Screen at International Film Festival (Updated)
EthicsDaily.com's new video on Baptists and racism will be screened at an international film festival on Sunday, October 19, at 12:00 p.m., at the Avon Williams Campus of Tennessee State University in downtown...
BWA Condemns Violence Against Christians in Orissa
Washington, D.C. (BWA) --The Baptist World Alliance has expressed grave concerns about the persecution of Christians in the Indian eastern state of Orissa. Since the month of August, an outbreak of violence and...
Living a Life of Significance: Part 2
Dr. Melvin Cheatham is an accomplished neurosurgeon. For much of his early career he felt that his drive for success had more to do with his own rise to stardom and material wealth than with providing care to suffering...
Public School “Bible Curriculum” Too Evangelistic, Some Say
Public education advocates say a Bible course curriculum recently recommended by four Texas education board members is too evangelistic and that such public school courses should provide a broader perspective of the...
Oh What a Baptist Web We Weave
It is extraordinarily important that Baptists and those curious about Baptists should be directed to sites that are more than misinformed Web-filler. Since those humble beginnings Baptists have spread around the world...
Song writing and sermonizing
As a long time friend and fan of Kyle Matthews, I was delighted when Campbell University invited him to speak at its recent pastor's school. Though he is a singer/songwriter and worship leader by trade, Matthews was...
HBO’s Maher Attacks Mostly Christianity in Docu-Rant
Maher's newly released documentary, "Religulous," is more rant than research, more designed to belittle interviewees than to explore religion, more profane than profound. While he ridicules Scientology, Mormonism and...