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“Hulk”
During my seminary days, I was required to take pastoral care, where the professor explained that all of us are messed up, and that our parents are the ones who did it to us. "Hulk" is a movie that attempts to deal...
Arab Newspaper Labels Nashville Center of Muslim Hate-Mongering
An op-ed piece in an Arab newspaper labels Nashville, Tenn., as a city of hate. The article in Arab News, an English-language newspaper published in Saudi Arabia, carries a headline "From Nashville With Hate!" It is...
Water in the Wastelands
With each compelling story in Water in the Wastelands, a new thread joins with others to form a solid, resilient cord of truth: through shared suffering, God's children partake of a sacrament that binds people of faith...
CBF Touts Rural Poverty Ministry, Launches Partnership With Hispanics
The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship raised $175,000 for its rural poverty initiative in a two-day offering at the group's General Assembly last week in Charlotte, N.C. Partners in Hope, launched two years ago as a...
Hispanics Now Largest U.S. Minority
Hispanics have surpassed blacks as America's largest minority race or ethnic group, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Census Bureau Director Louis Kincannon reported the new figures to the League of United Latin...
Life In and Around the Tumor Ward
Seems the Jews are mad at the Baptists, and as a Baptist, I feel obliged to help them feel better about the situation. Which is this: one particular Baptist, a Mr. Albert Mohler (who happens to be the president of a...
Get a Grip on Reality TV
A pastor recently contacted EthicsDaily.com for help understanding the reality TV landscape. "Why are reality shows so hot?" he asked. "What do they say about us as a culture? Are they helpful or detrimental?" Good...
CBF Grapples With Budget Shortfall
Gifts of $9 million from an anonymous donor will enable the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship to continue to appoint new missionaries next year despite budget shortfalls. Participants in last week's CBF General Assembly...
CBF Budget Woes Trickle Down to Partners
Commonly called "CBF partners," groups that receive part of their support through the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship will feel effects of a CBF budget crunch in the form of reduced funding and a new method for...
Summer Hot Time For Ordering Halloween Tracts
Halloween may be months away, but it isn't too early for evangelical Christians to start planning their fright night strategies. The American Tract Society makes a killing each summer selling tracts for its busiest...
Water in the Wastelands
With each compelling story in Water in the Wastelands, a new thread joins with others to form a solid, resilient cord of truth: through shared suffering, God's children partake of a sacrament that binds people of faith...
Jim MacLaren’s Road to Resiliency
Jim MacLaren, an intelligent, athletic and handsome 22-year-old Yale graduate, was happily riding his motorcycle down New York's Fifth Avenue when he was suddenly struck by a city bus. He remembers nothing of the...
“Alex & Emma”
If the film is neither funny nor romantic, how can it possibly succeed as a romantic comedy? Emma and Alex have one of those awkward, arguing relationships that almost always means in the movies that they are destined...
Christ Above All, Even on a Flagstaff?
Congregations around the country are doing their best to respond to the current military crisis in Iraq. Church members and children of church members are serving in various branches of the military on active duty in...
What Makes Hebron Run?
Hebron Baptist Church in rural Carrollton, Ala., is older and smaller than most Baptist congregations. When it constituted in 1841, it stood at the crossroads of a thriving rural community. Today only two families live...
Survey: Nearly half of all children receive e-mail with X-rated links
Nearly half of all children and teenagers have received e-mails with links to X-rated Web sites, and nearly two-thirds of them have received relationship-oriented e-mails including how to meet singles online, according...
Fast-Food Salads Not as Healthy as Many Assume
Americans eager to slim down might be surprised to learn that those fast-food salads they consume may not be as healthy as they think. A Dallas affiliate of NBC recently put the Wendy's Mandarin Chicken Salad to the...
A Baptist Among the Jews
Despite its historical root in Judaism, Christianity has a curious history when trying to relate to the very faith into which Jesus was born. At its earliest stages this relationship was challenged by schisms that...
Medical Mistakes Call for Confession, Not Cover-up
Four months ago, headlines in newspapers around the world announced the unfolding saga of apparent medical error occurring within a university hospital with international name recognition. The newsworthiness of this...
Group Urging Americans to ‘Take Back Your Time’
Feeling like a slave to your schedule? This Oct. 24, thousands of Americans are just saying "NO" to overworking and overstress that is overwhelming them. Take Back Your Time Day, a project of the Center for Religion,...
Teachers Positive About Profession, Study Says
Teachers generally love their work, but they are unnerved by problems in the education system, according to a survey by Public Agenda. The study, "Stand By Me: What Teachers Really Think about Unions, Merit Pay and...