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Equal in God’s Eyes, but Not in the Media
No doubt we are all familiar with Natalee Holloway. She's the blond, blue-eyed graduating honors student from Mountain Brook High School in Birmingham, Ala., who was participating in a senior trip with classmates on...
Wal-Mart Documentary to Play in Houses of Faith, Other Organizations
Houses of faith may soon be listing show times in their weekly schedules. Not only are churches being targeted for the fall release of "Left Behind: World at War," but they'll also figure into the distribution plan for...
The True Nature of Fundamentalism
I want to thank Pat Robertson for helping people understand the true nature of fundamentalism. For many years it's been a little confusing to some. Even the word "Christian" is confusing these days. Not everyone...
‘Hiding and Seeking: Faith and Tolerance After the Holocaust’
When Menachem Daum hears a rabbi in the States urging hatred of Gentiles, he orders an audiotape of the lecture. Armed with the cassette, Daum sets off for Israel to play it for his two grown sons, Tzvi Dovid and...
Anti-Gay Protests Target Funerals of Soldiers Killed in Iraq
A Baptist church famous for protesting events including Matthew Shepard's funeral and various religious gatherings over the last decade with its distinctive message of "God Hates Fags" has a new target--the funerals of...
Radical, We Are Not
The cost of discipleship as Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Baptists is a call to a radical lifestyle, full of uncomfortable places. This is not a message that today's American church is following. Oh yes, there are a...
Poll Says More Baptists are Democrat Than Republican
More Baptists identify themselves as Democrats than Republicans in a new poll, suggesting that various claims from Southern Baptist pulpits last year that a real Christian could not vote for Sen. John Kerry may have...
What Happened to the Word ‘Progress’ in Bush’s War Speeches?
President Bush dropped the word "progress" from his recent speeches and appearances designed to bolster flagging public support for the war in Iraq. On Aug. 11, at his ranch in Crawford, Texas, Bush peppered his...
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Christian Editor Says Bible Supports Assassination in Times of War
"World Magazine" senior editor Marvin Olasky says Pat Robertson's call for the murder of a Latin American leader doesn't represent evangelicals, but that the Bible would condone assassination during a time of war....
Acacia Resources Circle the Globe
Why does the Baptist Center for Ethics produce Sunday school curriculum? Because we believe ethics is at the heart of Christian faith, not a side product, not a secondary matter of concern, not an occasional emphasis,...
Pat Robertson Doesn’t Speak for Evangelicals in Latin America
Pat Robertson's image was all over local television news in Latin America yesterday morning. The Virginia-based TV evangelist was shown telling his "700 Club" audience that controversial Venezuelan President Hugo...
Robertson Calls for Assassination of Foreign Leader
Religious leaders on Tuesday denounced religious broadcaster Pat Robertson for saying United States operatives should assassinate Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. Monday's "700 Club" broadcast on the Christian...
Comparative Poverty
The members of our mission trip team were not shocked or threatened by the poverty we found in the Northern city communities where we worked for a week this summer. We live in the Black Belt. Some of us qualify as poor...
Conservative Paper Blasts Rick Warren
An article in a conservative Christian newspaper criticizes a popular Southern Baptist author for leading Bible-believing pastors astray. "Rick Warren is succeeding single-handedly where the entire liberal agenda could...
The Aftermath of Disengagement
In 1983 when I went into the Israeli army, I was put in a special unit for older new immigrants. Most Israeli's go into the army at 18 years old. In 1983, I was 31. Our unit had 63 new immigrants from places as diverse...
A Conviction Politician
I cannot remember a time when any British Prime Minister or Chancellor of the Exchequer put issues of world poverty at the top of the agenda for discussions by leaders of global superpowers. After much graft and more...
‘The God Who Wasn’t There’
For those who believe Jesus actually walked this earth, the new documentary "The God Who Wasn't There" won't sit well. Filmmaker—and former Christian—Brian Flemming spends 62 minutes mimicking Michael Moore in an...
Fear, Greed Prompt War, Baptist Prof Says at Rally
Fear and greed fueled America's rush to war in Iraq, a Baptist seminary professor said in a sermon this summer at a rally featuring anti-war protestor Cindy Sheehan. Sheehan, of Vacaville, Calif., lost a son in the...
The Tulsa City Zoo
A recent skirmish in the struggle over relations between religion and the state took place at the city zoo in Tulsa, Okla. That Tulsa would be a frontline in America's culture war comes as no surprise. Before Colorado...
British Baptist Denounces Racially Motivated Murder of Black Teen
The racially motivated murder of a black teenager in Liverpool, England, proves the "cancer of racism" still exists in the United Kingdom, says a Baptist leader in Great Britain. Anthony Walker, 18, died after being...