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Why the Latino Community Isn’t Defending Gonazales
Poor Alberto Gonzalez. President Bush's embattled attorney general is fighting alone for his political survival. Although he is a Latino, the silence of support from the Hispanic community is deafening. Yet few are...
Virginia Tech: It’s About Us
Reeling from the shock of another senseless act of violence, we search for "reasons" to comfort ourselves. We seem to feel safer if we can find someone or something to blame. People blame the legal system, gun dealers,...
Seminary President Includes ‘Heretic’ Among ‘Great’ Christian Biographies
A Southern Baptist seminary president who famously changed his mind about whether the Bible permits women to preach also appears to have changed his opinion about what he now calls the 20th century's "most notorious...
Gender Pay Gap Exists A Year Out of College, Study Finds
One year out of college, women working full time earn less than their male colleagues, and the pay gap widens 10 years after graduation, according to a study on gender and pay. Research by the Association of University...
‘You Don’t Let Things Like That Happen,’ Baptist Seminary President Tells Male Students After Campus Shootings
A Southern Baptist seminary president said lives could have been saved last week at Virginia Tech if six or eight students had risked their lives to rush and subdue gunman Seung-Hui Cho. "Somebody just came a moment...
SBC Leader Urges Christians to Think Twice Before Voting for Mormon President
A Southern Baptist seminary president said former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's Mormon faith should be a stumbling block for evangelical voters in deciding whether to vote for him as president. "Mitt Romney is a...
Overkill From TV ‘News’
When the TV news outlets get their teeth into a story they really go overboard, chewing it for all it's worth. They did this recently with Anna Nicole Smith's death, day after day, with items and guesses about the...
Asking Why
Just add this one to the topics I must have missed in seminary: "horrible human disasters and how to deal with them." Recent events at Virginia Tech have certainly affected the Calvary congregation. Specifically, three...
Tragedy at Virginia Tech
By now everyone knows about the tragedy at Virginia Technical University in Blacksburg, Va., where, on Monday, a student shot 32 people before killing himself. I have not immediately blogged on this because I wanted to...
The Problem of Evil
The horror of the Virginia Tech story is going to be with us for a while. I got an e-mail from J tonight. I remembered right. He lived in West Ambler Johnson dorm for two years. All his family's friends who are at VT...
SBC President Labels Sexual Abuse Critics ‘Opportunists’
Southern Baptist Convention President Frank Page said critics of the convention's policy on sexual abuse by clergy are not really advocating on behalf of children but rather are opportunists motivated by personal gain....
The Devil and Cho Seung-Hui
Two leading American evangelicals independently attributed Monday's murderous rampage at Virginia Tech by Cho Seung-Hui to demonic possession. "Based on what I've seen in the news, there's no doubt that this act was...
Pundit Recommends ‘Bowling for Columbine’ in Wake of Virginia Tech Violence
Before jumping into inevitable debate over gun control following this week's violence at Virginia Tech, one pundit offered a modest proposal: rent Michael Moore's "Bowling for Columbine." Presidential candidates have...
Churches Honor Virginia Tech Dead
Blacksburg Baptist Church, located across the street from Virginia Tech, planned to hold an evening prayer vigil and service of remembrance to honor more than 30 victims killed in Monday's massacre. "At times like...
Let the People Decide
The minister who mentored me used to say, "Jim, don't be afraid to trust the people." His reference, of course, was to the many decisions Baptist congregations make week in and week out. These decisions range from what...
Supreme Court Upholds ‘Partial-Birth’ Abortion Ban
Anti-abortion groups hailed Wednesday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding a national ban on "partial-birth" abortion as a major victory and a step toward overturning Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that...
Campus Grieves Shooting Victims at Virginia Tech
Political leaders including President Bush and Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine joined religious leaders from various faiths to comfort a grieving Virginia Tech community Tuesday afternoon inside Cassell Coliseum on the campus...
SBC Officials Criticize ‘Predator Preacher’ Report on ’20/20′
Southern Baptist Convention President Frank Page called last week's "20/20" story on predatory preachers "yellow journalism" and a "slice-and-dice" piece to make it appear Southern Baptists aren't doing enough to...
Southern Baptists Fall Short of 1 Million Baptism Goal
Baptisms in Southern Baptist Convention churches declined in 2006 for the sixth time in seven years, reaching the lowest total in 14 years, despite a high-profile campaign program by the convention's past president...
Best-Informed Americans Watch Daily Show/Colbert, Poll Says
Audiences of Comedy Central's "Daily Show" and "Colbert Report" had the best knowledge of current events, while Fox News viewers had no more knowledge than the average American, according to a Pew Research Center poll...
Virginia Baptists Provide Counseling Help Following Virginia Tech Shootings
Virginia Baptists pitched in for the massive task of counseling students, faculty and families in the wake of Monday's deadly shooting rampage at Virginia Tech. The Baptist General Association of Virginia sent two...