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New Movie Set at G8 Summit, Aims for Social Change
One of the world's most successful romantic-comedy scribes has given his latest movie a new twist: a call to end poverty. "The Girl in the Cafe," written by "Love Actually" filmmaker Richard Curtis, premieres on HBO...
Update about BCE’s Financial Situation
Blessings on the readers of EthicsDaily.com. You opened your hearts and wallets to a real need and gave generously. When I shared two weeks ago the facts about the Baptist Center for Ethics' financial situation and...
Bearing the Truth, With Respect for All
We have the Oscars for the movies and the Emmys for TV and now we have the Darwin Awards for escapades that can only be described as "truth that's stranger than fiction." In short, the Darwin Awards are handed out...
Congressman Muddles Views of Faith and Politics
Rep. John Hostettler (R-Ind.) would do well to read his denomination's statement of faith and practice what his church claims to believe. Hostettler's General Baptist denomination identifies "practicing tolerance" as...
‘Batman Begins’
If you go down to your local multiplex, you will probably find a movie based on a comic book. When these movies are good, they are good. When they are bad, they generally stink. Warner Bros., which is part of the media...
Praying for Adrian Rogers
Why must we pray for Adrian Rogers? Rogers is the recently retired pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church in Memphis, who was elected as the Southern Baptist Convention president in 1979, 1986 and 1987. He represents much...
Southern Baptists Call for Investigation of Public Schools
The Southern Baptist Convention on Wednesday passed a resolution urging parents and churches to investigate whether their community schools promote homosexuality. "Homosexual activists and their allies are devoting...
Southern Baptists End Disney Boycott
The Southern Baptist Convention declared victory in its eight-year battle over family values with The Disney Co. Wednesday morning, but moments later an SBC agency head implied Southern Baptists were losing the war...
Dr. Frist Diagnosed Schiavo, Sen. Frist Claimed Otherwise
Following the release of Terri Schiavo's autopsy that found that she had irreversible brain damage and was blind, Sen. Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) denied that he had ever diagnosed her. "I never made a diagnosis," he said...
Vines Silent on Anti-Quran Controversy
A former Southern Baptist Convention president who made headlines three years ago when he denounced the Muslim prophet Muhammad as a "demon-possessed pedophile" didn't mention a similar recent controversy in this...
SBC Pastors Conference Signals Leadership Change
Long the launching pad for future leadership of the Southern Baptist Convention, this year's SBC Pastors Conference bore earmarks of a passing of the torch. One of the convention's rising younger stars, Liberty...
Bush Highlights CBF Church at Southern Baptist Convention
Praising the Southern Baptist Convention for helping to build a "compassionate society," President George W. Bush on Tuesday mentioned a church aligned with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship that no longer sends funds...
Ten Commandments Judge Slated to Speak at SBC Meeting
Former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore's undeclared candidacy for governor could receive a boost from a Monday appearance at the Southern Baptist Convention Pastors Conference. Polls suggest the 58-year-old Southern...
SBC Moves Right
The Southern Baptist Convention is transitioning from the far right to the further right. Fifteen years after fundamentalist leaders wrestled denominational control from Southern Baptist moderates and created a new...
Teaching the Bible in Public Schools
I'm concerned that public schools are debating the inclusion of a book in its curriculum that has disturbing sections. Should our young children be exposed to certain stories? Below is a section of a book that I'm sure...
People of the Book
The Pentagon confirmed recently that for the past two and half years, military personnel assigned to the detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba have on occasion defaced copies of the Quran—the Muslim holy book. The...
The Best Father’s Day
My Father's Day came early this year with one of my best gifts ever. The day began like the previous one, and the one before that, and the one before that one, stretching back for weeks. The nurse checked my vital...
PCA Rejects Resolution Against Public Schools
The Presbyterian Church in America discussed but rejected a statement inspired by last year's failed Southern Baptist Convention resolution urging Christian parents to withdraw their children from public schools. The...
New Celebrity-Driven Campaign Wants to Whack Poverty
A new campaign is afoot to "make poverty history." The ONE Campaign, launched at Philadelphia's Independence Hall in May, aims to help deliver the death blow to poverty. The campaign's Web site, www.one.org, targets...
Corporate Interests Trump Public Good in D.C.
Two examples of corruption in Washington surfaced in June, illustrating the shameless determination of political leaders to serve corporate interests over the public good, and neither involved the ethically challenged...
Baptist Newspaper Calls for Education Resolution
A Baptist editor says it is time for the Southern Baptist Convention to make a "positive, comprehensive statement" on Christian schools, but stopped short of endorsing a call for investigating homosexual influences in...