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Too Many Christian Books Fuel Paranoia About Islam
Although the Caner brothers were born in Turkey and brought up as Muslims, their knowledge and understanding of Islam, as reflected in their book, Unveiling Islam, is sadly a typical example of most of the books that...
A Modern Day Cry for Justice
A cry for justice is the theme of one of the oldest books in the Bible's Old Testament. Amos was the prophet whose name in on the book. He was a mere peasant who believed in honesty and integrity in government. Amos...
Stop the Band-Aid Treatment
We Need Policies for a Real, Lasting Middle East Peace One of the special vulnerabilities of Israel, and a repetitive cause of violence, is the holding of prisoners. Militant Palestinians and Lebanese know that a...
‘Left Behind?: The Facts Behind the Fiction’
Many Bible-believing Christians worried "The DaVinci Code" would blur the line between fiction and what the Bible says about the life of Jesus. But a new book says millions of evangelicals are buying a marginal and...
Baptist Bloggers Begin Addressing War in Middle East
Baptist bloggers have finally begun writing about the war between Israel and Hezbollah after weeks of blogging about Baptists and alcohol, the election of a new Southern Baptist Convention president and a host of...
Lines Blur in Muslim World Between America and Christianity, Says Scholar
While some in the United States take great pride in declaring America a Christian nation, Muslims in the Middle East view American Christianity as synonymous with hypocrisy, a Lebanese Baptist seminary professor said...
The Left Hand Of God
"The unholy alliance of the political Right and Religious Right threatens to destroy the America we love. It also threatens to generate a popular revulsion against God and religion by identifying them with militarism,...
Wal-Mart Critics Launch Bus Tour
A union-backed campaign pushing for labor reform in the world's largest retailer is launching cross-country bus tour themed "Change Wal-Mart, Change America." The 35-day tour, visiting 35 cities in 19 states, starts...
Seminary Head Calls Mideast Conflict War Against God
A Baptist minister often critical of Islam said Sunday the current Mideast conflict "is a war against the God of Israel." "There's never been a time when the body of Christ is needed as much as it is today," Ergun...
Novel Texas CLC Institute Engages Teenagers in Public Policy Concerns
The Baptist General Convention of Texas Christian Life Commission's Summer Public Policy Institute (SPPI) each year brings students to Austin to share their views, ask difficult questions, and challenge one another to...
Why Immigrants Must Learn English to be American
Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson, R-Texas, proposed along with Representative Mike Pence, R-Indiana, a new immigration initiative meant to strike a compromise between the "amnesty" and "no amnesty" camps in Congress...
Jewish Leader Calls Mel Gibson Anti-Semite
An American Jewish leader said Sunday he hoped Mel Gibson's alleged anti-Semitic remarks during a drunk-driving arrest early Friday would help Hollywood realize "the bigot in their midst" and distance themselves from...
Lebanese Scholar Says Errant Bible Reading Causes American Christian Bias for Israel
Errant Bible interpretation causes many American Christians to side with Israel against Lebanon, an Arab Baptist scholar said amid reports this weekend that Israeli air strikes killed dozens of children in the southern...
BCE Has Exceptional Year, Asks for Donations
The Baptist Center for Ethics is having an exceptionally productive year, one that we think our readers recognize and applaud. EthicsDaily.com's number of page requests in June 2006 increased by over 100,000 pages over...
The End Of Faith
Sam Harris, philosopher and doctoral student in the field of neuroscience, has written a devastating book about faith--devastating, that is, to faith. The title, The End of Faith, is also his agenda. Harris believes...
Baptist Leader Says Lebanese Christians Caught in Middle of Israeli-Hezbollah Strife
They left their homeland in the midst of a civil war with nominal Christian commitments. They returned as Christian leaders in time to see their country descend into another war. They shared their story this week with...
Changing Face Of Europe
Europe has been changing rapidly since the fall of the Berlin Wall (1989) and the collapse of the Soviet Union (1991). Several countries which used to be hidden under the cover of the Soviet Union have reappeared on...
I Hold the Bandages and Ointment Ready
Alan Paton's novel "Cry, the Beloved Country" becomes very personal as it vividly represent the drama of life itself, of love and hate, of fear and greed, and of the power of forgiveness. Set in South Africa, the novel...
No Just War in Southern Lebanon
While Hezbollah's kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers was unwarranted, Israel's weeks of disproportionate and indiscriminate attacks in Lebanon are morally unacceptable from the time-honored vantage point of just war...
Oedekerk Finds Family Dynamic in ‘Barnyard’ Movie
Steve Oedekerk hopes his new movie, "Barnyard," will succeed for audiences when it hits theaters Aug. 4. "Succeeding for an audience" or "landing for an audience" was a notion the 44-year-old writer-producer-director...
Shell Lands Near Baptist Church, Churches Care for Refugees
An artillery shell barely missed the Rayak Baptist Church, breaking church glass, amid fighting between Israel and the Hezbollah, a Lebanese Baptist leader told EthicsDaily.com. The explosion occurred about 10...