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Baptist Communities Request More Help With HIV-AIDS
BWAid continues to receive more requests for assistance with HIV-AIDS projects from Baptist communities around the world. Often when we are confronted with the enormity of the HIV-AIDS crisis around the world, the...
President Bush Marches to War With Overstatement, Not Moral Clarity
President Bush issued an ultimatum to Iraq last night that contained political overstatement, rather than persuasive moral clarity. The most exaggerated claim was that the world would be more secure with a new regime...
The Story We Find Ourselves In: Further Adventures of a New Kind of Christian
McLaren, founding pastor of Cedar Ridge Community Church in the Washington-Baltimore area, builds off his award-winning book A New Kind of Christian to offer a relevant interpretive word for a postmodern culture....
Iraq Democracy Not Credible, Says Classified Document
"Liberal democracy would be difficult to achieve," according to a passage the intelligence official read to the Times. "Electoral democracy, were it to emerge, could well be subject to exploitation by anti-American...
Iraqi Cleric Calls for Jihad
The Post reported that a leading Islamic intellectual said that "If the violence begins, nobody can tell how it will end. We will see and the United States will see." Preaching in the Mother of All Battles mosque, the...
Down by the Riverside: A Brief History of Baptist Faith
Down by the Riverside: A Brief History of Baptist Faith is exactly what I look for to put into the hands of new converts, as a study guide for laypeople, and for new members coming to the Baptist church from other...
Health Advocacy Group Questions McDonald’s Nutrition Labels
Unsuspecting weight watchers may have been duped by nutrition labels at the world's largest fast-food chain, and the Center for Science in the Public Interest is taking McDonald's to task. McDonald's Web site offered...
What Would Jesus Do About War With Iraq?
Rather than "smoking guns" and military timetables, our government needs to take initiatives that offer alternatives to war. Fundamentalist preacher Bob Jones, president of Bob Jones University, answered that Jesus met...
Robertson Launches Operation Prayer Shield to Protect America
TV evangelist Pat Robertson said that if Americans pray, then God will protect the nation, providing a covering from harm in the event of war against Iraq, according to the most recent posting on patrobertson.com....
U.S., British Public Opinion on War Heads in Different Directions
Public opinion in the United States and Britain is moving in opposition directions about the legitimacy of war against Iraq. In the United States, President Bush won more support for war, according to a weekend poll....
Celebs Draw Fire for Speaking Out on War
With war against Iraq looming, celebrities are talking. And some folks don't care for it. Thompson, who plays the district attorney on NBC's "Law & Order," says in the ad, "Thank goodness we have a president with...
Former Reporter Runs Biblical Shell Game
What Michael Drosnin offers is not Bible study, but superstition dressed as science. In the old days, it was known as selling "snake oil." Well, not the words so much as their letters. Let me explain. In 1997, Drosnin...
The Delany Sisters Reach High
The Delany sisters are role models for all children. Teachers, parents and children will enjoy these delightful Delanys who were not only sisters, but best friends also. "Reach high" were those words for the Delany...
One Nation Under God
There are two narratives about the founding of our nation. Which one most resonates with your mind and soul may well determine how you respond to the recent court decision about the Pledge of Allegiance. Narrative...
Patriot II Sparks Concern for Civil Liberties
As the U.S. government broadens its scrutiny of Americans deemed terrorist-worthy, many fear new laws threaten rights to privacy. The American Civil Liberties Union is using a controversial means to address the issue...
Next Sunday School Unit Focuses on Proverbs
A Bible study of Proverbs is the next unit of undated, online Sunday School curriculum produced by the Baptist Center for Ethics. Living Wisely, Living Well: Lessons From the Proverbs will focus on God as the source of...
St. Patrick Explored the Narrow Borders
How is it that the name of a saint, the bearer of Christianity to Ireland, has become synonymous with open beer taps, wild dancing and parades? Today is a good day for such a question, and a better day to explore the...
Antique Barber Chair Brings Back Memories
For whatever reason, I've decided to trust women with my hair. But I don't think I'd ever go for a haircut at a salon called "Delilah's." That's advice I once heard from a man named Samson. Recently, my dad came for a...
Alcohol Abuse: An Older Problem Emerging
Substance abuse by older adults is not a new problem, but it is a problem on the rise. Currently, those who are 65 years or older comprise 13 percent of the population. In 30 years, this will rise to 21 percent....
U.K. Toy Stores Slammed for Price-Fixing
The OFT found that Argos and Littlewoods, Britain's largest toy stores, had made an agreement with Hasbro, which controls nearly one-fifth of the country's toy market, not to discount the price of its products, the...
State Department Overlooks Partners Who Violate Religious Freedom
When the United States Department of State identified countries last week that violate religious freedom, it overlooked U.S. partners, according to Human Rights Watch. Saudi Arabia, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan were...