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The Campaign for Jesus
Early signals seem to indicate that Judge Roy Moore will run for governor of Alabama. It is the political nightmare both parties in the state have been having since Judge Moore was forced to step down as Chief Justice...
Does Cal Thomas Read from a Small Bible?
Democrats are talking at the national and local levels across the country in public forums and hushed church hallways about how their party can engage people of faith. In a column critiquing this chatter, Cal Thomas...
Baptist Woman Follows Political Calling
Motivated by love for the Bible and a sense of personal calling, Judy Baker earned a master-of-divinity degree from Southern Seminary in 1986, hoping to continue in a pastoral or teaching ministry. But recognizing her...
Black Baptists Gather in Show of Unity
An estimated 10,000 African-American Baptist leaders gathered this week in Nashville, Tenn., for a historic joint board meeting of four major denominations. "You cannot microwave ox tails," Suzan Johnson Cook of Bronx...
Texas Baptist Leader Predicts Change in Immigration Policies
Immigration is on the political agenda in Washington, and changes can be expected, says Suzii Paynter, director of citizenship and public policy.for the Christian Life Commission of the Baptist General Convention of...
Black Baptist Leaders Affirm Shared Values
The presidents of America's four major black Baptist denominations on Friday issued a joint statement opposing the war in Iraq, the confirmation of Alberto Gonzales as Attorney General and efforts to divert public...
Are We Headed Back to Dayton?
The wind of controversy over the influences of science and religion are swirling, again. In Cobb County, Ga., folks on both sides of the debate are hoping that they might inherit the wind and use it to blow away their...
‘Benji: Off the Leash’
Remember Benji? He's back. "Benji: Off the Leash," the character's fifth motion picture, hit theaters last August and is now available on DVD and VHS. It's being hailed by families and critics as a solid family film....
There’s More Than One Way to Show Your Rear End
In the early weeks of the NFL playoffs, a player who has become renowned for his antics on and off the field was cited and fined by the NFL for mockingly "mooning" the fans of the opposing team. For the totally...
Public Split on Whether Bush has ‘Clear Plan’ on Issues
A majority of Americans say President Bush has a clear plan for addressing terrorism, education and the economy but are less convinced he has a clear plan for dealing with other issues, like Iraq and Social Security,...
‘Passion’ Picks Up Three Oscar Noms
Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" scored three Academy Award nominations when the list of nominees was announced Tuesday morning in Los Angeles. The controversial but lucrative film earned nominations for Best...
Religious Right Calls on Bush to Push for Gay Marriage Ban
A coalition of conservative religious leaders is threatening to withhold support for President Bush's plan to privatize Social Security unless he pushes for a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. According to...
Hillary Clinton Faults Bush for Rise in Abortions
While President Bush telephoned thousands of abortion opponents pledging to work toward a "culture of life," Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said his shortchanging of family planning could be causing abortion rates to...
Poll Says Church-Going Americans are Less Tolerant Than Others
Religious voters are less tolerant of other views on issues they consider important now than they were four years ago, according to a new study. A Public Agenda survey on religion in public life released Sunday found...
Dobson ‘Outs’ SpongeBob
In the latest sex scandal soaking up media attention, an evangelical leader "outed" SpongeBob Squarepants, prompting headlines questioning whether the Nickelodeon cartoon character is gay. The New York Times first...
Spirituality a Buzz Word and Important Trend
Spirituality is a buzz word, a vague term and an important trend in North American religion. Spirituality is a buzz word in North American popular culture. To explore, visit a bookstore and peruse the spirituality...
British Broadcast of Jerry Springer ‘Opera’ Creates Furor
First a TV show, then a stage opera, then a broadcast of that stage show. Those are the incarnations of talk show host Jerry Springer's smut-slinging antics—the most recent of which drew the ire of Christians in the...
SBC Leader Says BWA Unresponsive to Third World
In a new charge, a Southern Baptist leader has accused the Baptist World Alliance of being unresponsive to Baptists in the Third World. Richard Land, president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the...
‘The Aviator’
Martin Scorsese is one of the greatest directors never to win an Oscar. He made "Raging Bull," considered by many to be the greatest movie of the 1980s, and "GoodFellas," which others consider the greatest movie of the...
Texas Baptists Offer Tsunami Relief
Volunteers from Texas Baptist Men worked with local officials in eastern Sri Lanka to develop a way to quickly clean wells contaminated by salt water, according to dispatches from tsunami-stricken areas reported by the...
Inaugural Address Peppered With Religious Talk
In a second inaugural speech emphasizing liberty around the world, President George W. Bush included several references to religious faith. Throughout his first term, Bush drew both criticism and praise for his...