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Committee Member Supports ‘Exit Strategy’ Resolution
A member of the Southern Baptist Convention resolutions committee says he believes the convention ought to consider a resolution calling for an exit strategy from public schools. According to Agape Press, Darrell...
A Message to the Graduates: It’s Time to Fly Away
We raised you to leave us. It's not natural for you to stay in the nest forever. We want to fly, to mount up with wings as eagles. For the graduating class of 2006, life is about to change a very dramatic way. I know...
Baptists Respond to Indonesian Quake
Baptist World Aid sent an initial $20,000 grant for immediate relief of people suffering from Saturday's earthquake in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, as aid started to trickle into the island of Java, where more than 5,000...
The Gift Of Memory
We were fortunate some years back to be in Washington D.C. when the United States Holocaust Museum opened. We stood in line for hours to get tickets, and hours more to get in. Hundreds and hundreds of people were there...
Bush Says He Regrets Tough Talk on Iraq
On the eve of Memorial Day weekend, President Bush on Thursday said he regrets using tough talk in the early stages of war in Afghanistan and Iraq. Appearing before reporters with British Prime Minister Tony Blair,...
Report Warns Climate Change Could Kill Millions
A hard-hitting report on the effects of climate change from Christian Aid warns that poor people will continue to suffer disproportionately from its effects, and that progress on development could be nullified or even...
Where Do Southern Baptist Leaders Go to School?
If you want to know what Southern Baptist Convention leaders really think about public education, follow them to school. The most visible nominee for the presidency of the SBC is Ronnie Floyd, pastor of First Baptist...
Baptist Leader Vouches for Convicted Enron Head
A Houston jury on Thursday convicted Enron Corp.'s founder Ken Lay of conspiracy and fraud, despite testimony by prominent minister and former Southern Baptist Convention president Ed Young, who vouched for him as a...
Teacher’s Resolution
This a resolution was adopted in 1998 by Crosscreek Baptist Church in Pelham, Ala., and delivered to more than 1,400 teachers in Shelby County. It is included in the Baptist Center for Ethics free resource for advocacy...
Scientists Tell Baptists Earth is 6,000 Years Old
Nearly 1,000 Virginia Baptists gathered last Saturday for a day-long conference aimed a proving the Earth was created by God and is about 6,000 years old. Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia and First Baptist...
Speaking in Tongues
"Then Gilead cut Ephraim off from the fords of the Jordan, and whenever an Ephraimite fugitive said, 'Let me cross,' the men of Gilead asked him, 'Are you an Ephraimite?' If he answered 'No,' they said, 'Then say...
Marriage Amendment Smells ‘Of Salem,’ Baptist Opponent Says
The federal Marriage Protection Amendment is "misguided, prejudicial and unwarranted" legislation that "has the smell and feel of Salem," a Baptist ethicist said in a Washington press conference on Monday. Paul...
What Are They Teaching?
In the classic C. S. Lewis tale "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe," the Professor offers his disbelief at how little the children seem to know about logic. As he tries to help them reason through a mystery, he...
Baptist Center for Ethics Celebrates 15 Years
Formed to fill a void in practical and positive ethics resources for churches, the Baptist Center for Ethics celebrates 15 years of ministry this summer. Announced at a press conference July 30, 1991, in Nashville,...
Five Major Errors of ‘The Da Vinci Code’
With the movie version of "The Da Vinci Code" opening in theaters, I thought it good to share some factual background and expose some excesses of the story. Nothing in recent history has sold like Dan Brown's novel The...
Youth Exposure to Alcohol Advertising in Magazines Declines
Young people were exposed to 31 percent less alcohol advertising in magazines in 2004 than in 2001, but still are exposed on average to more advertising of beer, hard liquor and flavored malt beverages than adults of...
Book Alleges Conspiracy in Public Schools
While many Christians are preoccupied with debunking conspiracy theories in "The Da Vinci Code," a recent book says a real conspiracy is taking place in America's public schools. Marlin Maddoux, a pioneer of Christian...
House Speaker Says Middle Class Doesn’t Pay Taxes
Democrats criticized last week's claim by House Speaker Dennis Hastert that families with two children earning $40,000 a year don't pay taxes. During floor debate last Thursday, Hastert, R-Ill., responded to complaints...
Why Invite the NCC Head to Speak to Baptists?
When moderate Southern Baptists ran the Southern Baptist Convention, they kept great public distance from the National Council of the Churches USA. Contact was almost always under the cloak of darkness Moderate...
‘The Da Vinci Code’
From the first scene, when Louvre curator Jacques Sauniere rumbles through his Grand Gallery to avoid a gun-wielding albino monk, you get the sense that this adaptation—if you've read the book—might be disappointing....
Debate Grows Over SBC Presidential Nominee
Presidents of three Southern Baptist Convention seminaries circled the wagons around Ronnie Floyd, the only announced candidate so far for SBC president, amid growing demand for a challenger from outside the...