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Good Samaritan Holds Lesson for Treatment of Clergy Abuse Victims
Many Southern Baptist Convention leaders, including President Frank Page, have indicated they don't think a predator database would help prevent clergy child molestation.Though Page's own expressed logic belies that...
‘Do You Believe This Book?’ Question at GOP Debate Referred to King James Version
The man who asked Republican presidential candidates if they believe every word of the Bible in Wednesday's CNN/YouTube debate says he wasn't satisfied by any of the answers he heard. "How you answer this question will...
Simple answers to complex questions
During last night's Republican presidential debate, it was interesting to see how some citizens (via YouTube) were looking for very simple answers to their questions about everything from immigration to abortion to...
Mean What You Say, Say What You Mean
One of the best advertising campaigns of late have been what Dove has produced related to the beauty industry and the negative impression it makes upon young women. To combat the unrealistic standard of perfection held...
Jimmy Draper, Jerry Falwell Jr., Ronnie Floyd All Voice Support for Huckabee
Former pastor and Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee continued to emerge as a front-runner for religious conservatives, picking up endorsements from the son of the late Jerry Falwell and from a former...
Make Your Own Gifts This Season
'Tis the season to go crazy.' Tis also the season for people like me to rant about how crass and commercialized the Christmas season is, how overwrought and high strung we've become, and how we all need to resolve, in...
Is Calvinism predestined to grow?
Observers of Baptist life – especially as it relates to the Southern Baptist Convention – will not be surprised to learn that Calvinism is on the rise. With Al Mohler, an advocate of Calvinism, having led the SBC's...
Christians Divided Over Annapolis Peace Talks
Christians, Muslims and Jews around the world prayed for this week's Mideast peace talks in Annapolis, Md.--some for their success and others for them to fail. The talks opened Tuesday with an announcement by President...
California Grandmother Leading Two-Day Boycott of Public Schools
A California grandmother is spearheading a two-day boycott of the state's public schools to protest new laws that social conservatives decry as homosexual indoctrination. Joy Stutz urged California parents to keep...
EthicsDaily.com Submits Video for Republican CNN/YouTube Debate
The second CNN/YouTube presidential debate airs tonight, and EthicsDaily.com took part in the process by submitting a question for consideration. In what is described as a "revolutionary" debate format, YouTube users...
Should we pray for rain?
The drought in Georgia and other parts of the Southeast has gotten to the point some are going to God with the issue. Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue, a Baptist layman, hosted a pray-for-rain event on the steps of the state...
Huckabee Touts Christian Credentials in Second TV Ad
GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, an ordained Southern Baptist minister, targets conservative Christians in his new television ad airing this week in Iowa. "Faith doesn't just influence me, it really defines...
‘Beowulf’
Everyone who took 12th-grade English knows the story of Beowulf. When I entered my first class of English Literature, Mrs. Gane told the class, "Yes, I'm Grendel's mother." We had no idea who she meant, but by end of...
Creeds, Covenant and Community
Creeds developed early in the history of the church. "Jesus is Lord" may well have been the earliest one. The Apostle's Creed came later, followed by a number of creeds developed and approved by church councils. Most...
And the “eighth wonder of the world” is …?
Every now and then, I read about some new project that claims to be the "Eighth Wonder of the World." In one day this week, I ran across two.More than 100 feet beneath the foothills of the Alps in northern Italy, in...
Make Christmas More About Giving, Less About Consumption
Christmas is not your birthday--unless you're Jimmy Buffet, Clara Barton or Jesus, that is. But you already knew that. Now that Thanksgiving is in our rearview mirror and we're headed full speed towards Dec. 25,...
State Convention Resolutions Indicate Increased Awareness of Baptist Clergy Sexual Abuse, Victim Advocate Says
Recent Baptist state convention resolutions indicate growing awareness of the reality of sexual abuse of children in the Southern Baptist Convention, says a victims' advocate, but they don't go nearly far enough to...
Rabbi Rambles on Rain, Righteousness
Remember Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue's prayer vigil to let God know Georgians are conserving water and should be rewarded with rain? Well it worked--sort of. While the storm clouds that formed during the vigil faded...
Removing invasives shows benefits
Fall came late and lovely to Central Georgia. As much as possible, I am spending time in the wooded area behind our house. First I am seeking to deliver on a promised tree house before my daughters go off to college....
Gay-Rights Group Says ‘Do Not Buy’ at Wal-Mart
Entering the busiest shopping season of the year, Wal-Mart is once again under fire, this time for a failing grade on homosexual rights.The Human Rights Campaign tagged the nation's largest retailer with a red "do not...
In Search Of Christmas
Now that Thanksgiving is over it's time to begin preparing for Christmas in earnest. Unfortunately with the arrival of the season also comes the accompanying lunacy. I refer of course to the annual battle to save...