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A ‘New Atheist’ Responds to EthicsDaily.com
Contrary to the past expectations of nonbelievers, religion is not going away anytime soon. There is no particular reason to do battle with religion as such, but only with fundamentalist religions. And contrary to the...
Baptist Official Offers Contradictory Positions on Muslim Engagement
A Southern Baptist Convention official who usually attacks Muslims and makes derogatory remarks about Islam recently offered his support for a report urging greater dialogue with the adherents of the world's second...
Jesus the magician?
The discovery of what some are claiming may be the oldest known inscription that refers to Christ has been announced by a team of scientists led by French marine archaeologist Franck Goddio. The inscription is on a...
Credit Meltdown Jeopardizes Charitable Giving
As federal regulators and corporate executives nationwide pull all-nighters in efforts to reign in the snowballing financial crisis, pastors and fundraising professionals wonder what impact the crisis will have on...
‘Letting Go of Our Ego’
In Eastern cultures, the tradition of bowing has always been a part of refined social etiquette. By bowing and bending to each other, members of Eastern cultures show respect and humility before others. There exists a...
CBF Leader Speaks to National Financial Crisis
The nation's financial crisis calls for a twofold response. One is pastoral; the other is moral. First, I want my church members to know I am truly concerned about their losses, about their uncertainty and about their...
Find Peace in Hard Economic Times
What does one do when the stock market keeps diving, gas prices keep rising, and all that experts can agree upon is that nobody knows when or how this economic free fall will end? Many are consumed by rumor, worry,...
“Trouble the Water”
New Orleans natives Kimberly and Scott Roberts wound up in their attic during Hurricane Katrina. Unable to leave the city, the husband and wife holed up in their Lower Ninth Ward home with a little food, several...
New ‘Political Gospel’ Departs from Christian Faith
Earlier generations of fundamentalists and evangelicals conveniently ignored the social dimensions of Jesus' message and heaped condemnation on the heads of these men and women for promoting a "false gospel" which they...
Church Tax Exemption Isn’t a Right
This past Sunday 33 pastors from all across the country deliberately broke the law. Prompted by the Alliance Defense Fund, a socially conservative legal consortium based in Arizona, these pastors stood in their pulpits...
Church Leaders Seek Apology to Darwin
While leaders of the Church of England once quickly denounced Charles Darwin's work, some leaders now want the church to issue an apology to Darwin. As preparations are being made to celebrate in 2009 the 150th...
“Fireproof”
Hollywood once again pauses to consider the Christian market, served this time not by Mel Gibson and controversy but by Sherwood Pictures, the movie-making ministry of Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, Ga. "Fireproof"...
Loyal to the end
President George W. Bush is at home in conservative Christian circles. He speaks the language of conversion — though one story relates to the influence of Arthur Blessitt and the other to Billy Graham.He credits God...
BSCNC to consider single giving plan
The Board of Directors of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina (BSCNC) approved a proposal Sept. 30 calling for the convention to scrap the four cooperative giving plan options it now offers, and return to a...
Filmmaker Explores What Keeps America ‘Stitched Together’
Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns spoke with passion, wit and intelligence Tuesday night, calling on audience members, as Abraham Lincoln did in 1861, to listen to "the better angels of our nature." "We are still...
Filmmaker Explores What Keeps America ‘Stitched Together’
Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns spoke with passion, wit and intelligence Tuesday night, calling on audience members, as Abraham Lincoln did in 1861, to listen to "the better angels of our nature." "We are still...
Islamic Creationist Links Terrorism to Darwinism
Muslim terrorists are Darwinists, according to Adnan Oktar, an Islamic believer and a prominent creationist in Turkey, who wants to eradicate Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. Asked if Osama bin Laden followed...
Faithful Leaders Discern the Lord’s Wisdom
Like many Americans, our presidents have expressed their dependence on God and sought God's blessing. Some presidents have been very private about their faith. Others have been accused of parading their piety. Of...
A question of leadership
When "it's the economy, stupid," I'm of little help. My understanding is limited to the School House Rock-type cartoon that shows the animated dollar bill bouncing more slowly between banks, businesses and individuals...
Where Are We, Morally When the Market Plunges?
Robert Parham of EthicsDaily.com has issued a clarion call for faith leaders in America to speak out on the economic crisis. I second his motion with a few reservations and stipulations. First, I'm not sure if most...
Rant By CNN’s Lou Dobbs Example of Demagoguery in Media
Lou Dobbs' rant about Treasury Secretary Paulson last Monday was way over the line. He did more than challenge Paulson's policies and proposals, he attacked him personally with some of the most condescending and...