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Businessman Seeks $10 Million from Missouri Baptist Convention
A Missouri businessman is seeking $10 million in damages from leaders of the state's Southern Baptists, money he claims he lost because of efforts by the Missouri Baptist Convention to block him from developing...
Canadian Baptist Leaders Dispute SBC President’s Gay Marriage Claim
Canadian Baptist leaders said they were puzzled by Southern Baptist Convention President Frank Page's statement that in Canada a pastor can be jailed for speaking out against homosexuality. EthicsDaily.com on Friday...
Gore Challenges Global Warming Deniers
Al Gore compared naysayers of manmade global warming to those who reject historical and scientific fact in a "60 Minutes" interview Sunday night. When questioned about prominent leaders skeptical about climate change,...
Good question, good answer
In response to my March 25 post ("The right to be wrong") about the Klouda vs. Southwestern Seminary case, John Land (jpland) raised this good question:"If it is allowable to discriminate within religious groups based...
Set the date, I’ll be there
Leaders and planners of the New Baptist Covenant celebration held Jan. 31-Feb. 2 recently announced that another large event will be held in 2011, "in the historic Baptist pattern of triennial meetings."Historic is...
Jesus’ Message that God’s Kingdom Coming Into the World Still Relevant
In the opening of Mark's Gospel, after his baptism and temptation, Jesus announces that the kingdom of God is at hand. The way in which the author narrates this proclamation as Jesus' first words in the story suggests...
Texas School Board Battles Over Intelligent Design
A Texas-sized battle is brewing within the State Board of Education over what must be included in public-school textbooks. Recently the 15-member board split over state's English, language arts and reading curriculum...
SBC President Says Media Liberal, Biased Against Christians
A liberal and anti-Christian media is helping America slip toward moral ruin, the president of the Southern Baptist Convention said in an American Family Association webcast. In an interview about the role of...
A cherry perspective on life
Tomorrow the city of Macon, Ga., rolls out the red ... make that light pink .... carpet for thousands of visitors from around the nation and beyond for the 26th annual Cherry Blossom Festival that lasts for 10 days....
Hate and the Pulpit
I know it's not new, I guess I am just more aware of it. But it does seem to be more prevalent. I am talking about anger and hate filled language spoken from American pulpits. The most recent high profile example is...
Baptist Leader Terms Racism ‘Insidious Cancer’ in Society
Growing up black in America, Aidsand Wright-Riggins says he is used to hearing the "n-word." What bothers him is as a midweek air traveler he seldom sees more than one or two fellow African-American passengers, even...
Iraq War Bill is $5,000 Per Second
EthicsDaily.com editorials and columns expressed opposition to the war in Iraq before the war in Iraq, when TV news show pundits, politicians and too many preachers either crusaded for the war or said too little in...
Politicians and prayer
While Democratic presidential candidate Barak Obama has taken a lot of heat for his church connections -- and has been praised for his insightful response -- fellow contender Hillary Clinton said little about it at...
Report Says Global Anti-Semitism on the Rise
United States embassies have reported an upsurge in anti-Semitism over the last decade, according to a recent government report. According to the Report on Contemporary Global Anti-Semitism delivered to Congress March...
4,000 War Dead More Than Just a Number
The number of dead Americans in Iraq passed 4,000 this week. It was almost lost in the midst of the Easter holidays. I only knew one of those 4,000, but it changed my view of the families that have lost, the soldiers...
What Do Obama, Clinton and McCain All Have in Common?
What do Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain have in common? All three are ontologically white males. No one can become the leader of the world's most powerful country (empire?) unless they are committed to...
The right to be wrong
Most observers of Baptist life know by now that a judge ruled in favor of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and its president Paige Patterson in a case filed by Sheri Klouda. If not, the ABP story by Rob Marus...
Voting Values
The media has been ablaze with the story of my recent local congressman known as Charlie "Good Times" Wilson. The History Channel ran a story about the life of Charlie based on a book by George Grile. Hollywood picked...
U.S. War Deaths in Iraq Surpass 4,000
The war in Iraq reached a grim milestone Sunday, when four soldiers killed when a bomb hit their vehicle in south Baghdad brought the number of U.S. military killed in the war to 4,000. Democratic presidential...
Voting Values
The media has been ablaze with the story of my recent local congressman known as Charlie "Good Times" Wilson. The History Channel ran a story about the life of Charlie based on a book by George Grile. Hollywood picked...
SBC Leader Has Penchant for Name Calling
A prominent Southern Baptist leader often engages in personal insults and character assassination in sermons, interviews and radio programs instead of merely explaining his disagreement on the issues, according to an...