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A Personal Note from BCE’s Executive Director
I rarely talk publicly about the founding of the Baptist Center for Ethics. But I need to now. I need for the readers of EthicsDaily.com, our shareholders, to know where we've been and where we are. When BCE was...
When Denominational Loss Is Victory
Talking with friends in Virginia about my move to Georgia and the opportunity to speak to you, one of them suggested that I describe what it is like to move from Baptist Promised Land back into captivity among the...
Web Site Has Fun With Federal Trade-Offs
North Carolina taxpayers will spend more than $78 million on energy-bill giveaways in fiscal year 2004. If they dumped the giveaways, they could hire more than 1,500 elementary school teachers … or provide health care...
From Every People and Nation
From Every People and Nation is the most comprehensive study of the Bible in support of racial equality published to date by an evangelical scholar.J. Daniel Hays, chair of the department of religious studies at...
The Fox Is Regulating the Hen House
According to Republican Senator John McCain, who chairs the Science, Commerce and Transportation Committee: "The United States government is responsible for 25 percent of the worldwide greenhouse gas emissions. It is...
Now a Word About Abortion
The new federal law banning third trimester abortions is a good and godly decision. Most of us think it is irresponsible for would-be parents to wait so far into the pregnancy to determine whether the birth of the baby...
Holiday Matters
What really matters at the holidays is being together. If we have our families and our health, we can be thankful and truly celebrate. That's what we have been told—and told ourselves—countless times. This year, we are...
The Hypnotic Beauty of Bangladesh
The hypnotic beauty of Bangladesh surprised me. As we set out into the countryside at dawn, the reflection of the deep green and golden crops was reflected in the water. This was my first visit to Bangladesh, and it...
Bono Sings in South Africa, Fights Continent’s AIDS Crisis
Various singers took to a stage in Cape Town, South Africa, on Saturday to focus attention on Africa's AIDS crisis. Headlining the concert was none other than U2 lead singer and AIDS activist Bono. Bono's duet with...
‘Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas’
Though computer animation has dominated the animation genre in America in both quality and creativity for a few years now, some traditionally drawn features still make it to theaters—and of course home video and DVD....
What Makes a Family?
Martha Manning and Raina Graves appeared to have little in common. They certainly didn't look like members of the same family. Manning was a white, middle-aged professional, a clinical psychologist with a good marriage...
The Mother of Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving has always been one of my favorite holidays. I love the family gatherings, the big meal with too much food to eat and the long afternoon of football games and napping. Like most Americans, I heard the...
A Thanksgiving Tradition
Her name was Irene, though we all called her Miss Irene. She was the oldest member of our church. She had survived all her friends, all of her sisters and brothers, two children, and finally her husband. His death...
The Mother of Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving has always been one of my favorite holidays. I love the family gatherings, the big meal with too much food to eat and the long afternoon of football games and napping. Like most Americans, I heard the...
When I Was Hungry You Gave Me Food
By this time, most of us have had our fill of turkey and dressing and all the fixings. Few, if any of us have ever known what it's like to be hungry. We know it's not like this in every place in this world. We care but...
A Thanksgiving Tradition
Her name was Irene, though we all called her Miss Irene. She was the oldest member of our church. She had survived all her friends, all of her sisters and brothers, two children, and finally her husband. His death...
LifeWay’s Asian-Themed VBS Material Draws Protests
"Far-out Far East Rickshaw Rally—Racing to the Son™ is a VBS race that will have kids dashing through the streets of Tokyo, climbing Mt. Fuji, and diving for pearls," says a promotion of LifeWay Christian Resources'...
LifeWay’s Asian-Themed VBS Material Draws Protests
"Far-out Far East Rickshaw Rally—Racing to the Son™ is a VBS race that will have kids dashing through the streets of Tokyo, climbing Mt. Fuji, and diving for pearls," says a promotion of LifeWay Christian Resources'...
‘Timeline’
"Timeline," the latest Michael Crichton novel-turned-movie, lobs its story forth like the medieval catapults in the climactic battle: always vividly, if sometimes clumsily. Crichton's story about a team of modern-day...
‘The Cat in the Hat’
Some great books become great films. "Forrest Gump" comes to mind, as does "To Kill a Mockingbird." These movies succeed because they bring to life characters that transfer easily from page to screen. It is now hard to...
‘Shattered Glass’
Before the recent scandals at the New York Times, there was a reporter named Steve Glass who fabricated stories while writing for the political magazine The New Republic. "Shattered Glass," a new film, tells the true...