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Questions for Global-Warming Deniers
Robert Parham at EthicsDaily.com recently posted an article about Al Gore's interview on "60 Minutes" discussing the "toxic partnership" between religious fundamentalists, who deny global warming in an effort to...
WMU-NC looking forward
Ruby Fulbright began her executive director’s report to Woman’s Missionary Union of North Carolina (WMU-NC) with a single word: “Whew!”After a topsy-turvy year in which WMU-NC lost its office space and all Baptist...
It has never been easy
Woman’s Missionary Union of North Carolina (WMU-NC) gathered for “Missions Extravaganza” April 4-6, its first meeting since the group was required to give up its office space and all Baptist State Convention (BSC)...
A Knight to the Rescue
Baptists Today honored founding editor Walker Knight at its annual "Judson-Rice Award" banquet April 3 in Atlanta.As Southern Baptist conflict bloomed in the early 1980s, Knight left a secure position at the Home...
Martin Luther King Jr. was Prophetic Voice for Peace
On Friday, April 4, the world remembers the 40th anniversary of the untimely and tragic death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. King's legacy is large, and much of the progress we have made in race relations, although...
Confederate Flag Issue Flies in Face of Anniversary of MLK Assassination
Racism is racism. Sexism is sexism. Wrong is wrong. Secular hate speech is as wrong as religious hate speech. Liberal untruthfulness is as wrong as conservative untruthfulness. Yet human nature compels us to...
‘Maxed Out’
Filmmaker James D. Scurlock pulls back the curtain on American debt in "Maxed Out," a documentary "you can't afford to miss," according to promotional efforts. New to DVD, "Maxed Out" crosses the country interviewing...
Cheers for good lay leaders
As the Board of Directors of Baptists Today meets today, and is joined this evening by many others to celebrate the 25th anniversary of this uniquely independent news journal, I am reminded again of the great...
Politics and Ecumenism
The Golden Rule of Ecumenism has brought vastly different Christian traditions together for conversation and action, and the rule should be applied to American politics. The rule: "Try to understand others even as you...
BCE Luncheon to Explore Morality of Fair Taxation
An Alabama law professor who argues that fair taxation is a moral issue will present her case June 19 at a luncheon meeting sponsored by the Baptist Center for Ethics. The gathering is in conjunction with the 18th...
Missouri Baptist Editor Supports Confederate Flag
The editor of the Missouri Baptist Convention's in-house publication, "The Pathway," has strongly defended the controversial Confederate battle flag and aggressively attacked those who challenge it. In his book...
Campbell names Day, Jorgenson
Campbell University Divinity School will soon bid farewell to two fine professors: preaching professor Roy E. De Brand will retire at the end of the year, and theologian Steven R. Harmon will be taking a new position...
Gilyard Faces More Charges
A former Baptist pastor in Jacksonville, Fla., previously charged with lewdness in connection with text messages he allegedly sent to a teenager now faces two additional charges, including one that he fondled a child....
Internet Evangelist Posts Controversial Anti-Islam Video
An American Internet evangelist who made news last year for a YouTube video featuring a toy pig named Muhammed now says he has received death threats since posting a controversial film by a Dutch filmmaker that...
The Bible and Pedophilia
I have been pondering this issue of sexual predators in the church. Much of the conversation has revolved around larger denominational structures, rather than local churches. I think that has happened for at least two...
Oklahoma Educators, Clergy Meet in Statewide Summit on Religion in Public Schools
Education has become the flashpoint in the culture wars, but it could become a starting point to finding common ground, a professor told 150 teachers and clergy from Oklahoma at a conference March 25-26. "Education is...
Still ‘getting back to evangelism’
Proponents of the fundamentalist takeover of the Southern Baptist Convention — that began in 1979 — often claimed that Southern Baptists needed their efforts to “get back to evangelism.” Ironically, their political...
‘Stop-Loss’
"Stop-Loss" is an anti-war movie with a war hero at its center. Brandon King (Ryan Phillippe) is a decorated soldier who returns to his Texas hometown believing his days in the Army are over. But instead of being...
Media Fall Short in Reporting About Religion
The media is blamed for a lot that is undeserving, but one place cable, networks, newspapers and the Internet do come up short is in-depth reporting on church polity and oratory in the varied worship services. The...
Al Gore Launches Campaign to Engage Public on Global Warming
Former Vice President Al Gore is launching a bipartisan three-year campaign this week aimed at building grassroots support to address global warming. With a $300 million price tag, the Alliance for Climate Change's...
More chances to lose
Today the North Carolina "Education" Lottery marks its second anniversary by adding yet another twist to the arm of its poorest and most easily suckered residents. Additional "Pick 3" drawings will target the lottery's...