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‘Mr. and Mrs. Smith’
Judging by its $50 million-plus opening weekend, "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" wasn't hurt by speculation about an off-screen romance between stars Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. The movie also wasn't hurt by a plot that, beyond...
Republicans Raise Eyebrows by Inviting Porn Star to Fundraiser
Some of the "values voters" who helped President Bush win a second term questioned his plans to attend a $2,500-a-plate GOP fundraiser with a 24-year-old porn star and political wannabe. Mary Carey, an X-rated actress...
Family Groups Endorse SBC Resolution
Leaders of more than 40 statewide family groups sent a letter Tuesday urging the Southern Baptist Convention to adopt a resolution on homosexual "activism" in public schools. The letter urged Gene Mims, chairman of the...
Ordinary Sinners
The debate surrounding homosexuality has become one of the most contentious and divisive in the history of the church. Not since the debate over Jesus' divinity in the fourth century, or the infallibility of the pope...
Baptist Woman Designs American Christian Flag
What America needs is a new Christian flag. At least that's what Marcia Thompson Eldreth thought in April 2003, when her Southern Baptist pastor preached that every believer should fly the Christian flag, even if...
How Many Deaths in Darfur Are Enough?
Biafra. Rwanda. Darfur. A wide-eyed older man ran into my morning spelling class at Hillcrest School in Jos, Nigeria, one day in 1966. Sweating profusely, he asked for protection. Our teacher took him to the...
Creative Chaos
Think of chaos, and images of bedlam, disorder, confusion and disarray probably come to mind—all things that make me want to run in the opposite direction. But there's another way to look at chaos. We find it when we...
Southern Baptist Leaders Need to Be Honest About Public Schools
Disgust was the first emotion that washed over me when I reviewed online a sexually explicit pamphlet distributed at a conference at Brookline High School, in Brookline, Mass., for gay and lesbian students. Dismay was...
Resolutions Committee Called on to Report School Resolution
An early supporter of the Southern Baptist Convention's Disney boycott said it is unlikely it would pass today, because of a two-year-old rule that allows the SBC Resolutions Committee to "filibuster" to keep...
Disassembling the Dissemblers
Last week many Americans learned a new word: dissemble. The person who introduced the good word was our president, George W. Bush. In a May 31 press conference where the president addressed Amnesty International's...
Baptist Press Silent on Homosexuality in Schools Resolution
Baptist Press in recent months has published numerous stories touching on homosexuality—from support for a Federal Marriage Amendment, to criticism of "activist" judges, to the Senate filibuster, to the role of...
BP Burned Before Over Public vs. Private Schools
Debate about the merits of Christian versus public schools has been a touchy subject for Baptist Press before. Two years ago BP published a story quoting U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige as appearing to suggest...
Experts Offer Supporting Testimony for Resolution on Homosexuality and Schools
Three conservative Christian activists have offered to provide expert testimony to the Southern Baptist Convention Resolutions Committee supporting a resolution recommending that churches investigate whether their...
Straight Talk About BCE’s Situation
I believe in straight talk. I think the readers of EthicsDaily.com expect nothing less. In the past several months, I've talked straight with our readers about having acute leukemia. I've shared about my physical...
Cruise’s Comments About Medicine Tip of Iceberg
Actor Tom Cruise now stands in the spotlight not just for his romance with actress Katie Holmes, but also for his comments about modern medicine. Cruise's interview with Billy Bush of Access Hollywood in late May has...
Military Spending Tops $1 Trillion Mark
Worldwide military expenditures surpassed the $1 trillion mark for the first time in 2004, according to a report from a respected Swedish research organization. Spending totaled $1,035 billion. The report noted that in...
A Kind Word Turns Away Violence
No one dreamed it would end the way it did. When convicted rapist Brian Nichols was brought to the Fulton County Court House for a hearing this past March, he managed to snatch the side arm from a deputy sheriff and...
AFA Suspends Ford Boycott
The American Family Association on Monday said it was suspending its boycott of Ford Motor Company, after auto dealers asked for time to address concerns raised about the company's promotion of a "homosexual agenda."...
Southern Baptists May End Disney Boycott
A vocal supporter of the Southern Baptist Convention's 1997 boycott of Disney says he may ask the convention to declare the effort a victory when it meets June 21-22 in Nashville. "I'm already considering asking them...
Innovative Film Series Gets Christian Distributor
A major Christian communications company has picked up a new line of short films for distribution. Zondervan, a leader in Bible publishing and Christian resources, began distributing NOOMA, a series of 10 short films...
Innovative Film Series Gets Christian Distributor
A major Christian communications company has picked up a new line of short films for distribution. A major Christian communications company has picked up a new line of short films for distribution. Zondervan, a leader...