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Church Abuse Robs Eschatological Rights
In her reflection in the New York Times, respected Catholic theologian Lisa Sowle Cahill evaluated the nature and the scope of the damage caused by the scandal of priest pedophilia. She said the scandal undermines the...
Public Needs to Know How to Live Healthy Lives
Ignorance is the greatest barrier to good nutrition and healthy living, according to popular author, educator and physician Andrew Weil. "I would say the biggest obstacle (to healthy living) is the lack of education...
“Men in Black II”
If you want something fresh, don't go see "Men in Black II." It's the same as the original. But if you want to laugh out loud, go see it. It's funny. "Men in Black II" is nothing more than a retread of the first movie....
EthicsDaily.com’s Best-selling Books
EthicsDaily.com occasionally reviews books of potential interest to readers. Reviews carry links either directly to the book publisher or, more often, to Amazon.com. EthicsDaily.com is an Amazon.com affiliate, earning...
“13 Conversations about One Thing”
A number of topics may come to mind when one reads the title of this film. Americans converse about everything from politics to religion to sex, sometimes finding a reason to combine all three. "13 Conversations" is...
The Fastest Growing Church in America
Jim Baldwin is pastor of the fastest growing church in America. I don't have firm statistics to back this claim, but a common-sense assessment of the man and his remarkable ministry. The facts are these: Baldwin began...
“Catch a Wave”
"Catch a wave!" I've seen this slogan on television commercials, and on signs in beachfront stores and surf shops. It appears on t-shirts, caps, posters and swimwear. Last year, while on a brief visit to Hawaii, this...
Baptist Fingerprints All Over ‘Monkey Trial’
In March 1925, Tennessee outlawed the theory of evolution in its public schools. Officials in tiny Dayton tested the new law by arresting, with his consent, biology teacher John T. Scopes. Former Democratic...
Plagiarism Hurts Cause of CBF, Women Ministers
A Cooperative Baptist Fellowship leader's pulpit plagiarism packed a powerful punch, delivering black eyes to her organization and to the cause of women ministers. Reba Cobb, the CBF's resources coordinator, preached a...
Speak for Yourself, Preacher
"If you wish a thing to be done well, you must do it yourself." Miles Standish, a middle-age widower in Henry Wordsworth Longfellow's poem "The Courtship of Miles Standish," uttered this epigram to his young friend,...
‘The Goodness of People’: An Interview with Nicholas Sparks
That realization hit Nicholas Sparks at the age of 19, and his readers are forever grateful. Now 36 years old, Sparks is the best-selling author of Message in a Bottle, A Walk to Remember and several other domestic and...
Several Factors Prompt Leaving a Faith
A 1955 Gallup poll found that only 4 percent of American adults had changed faiths from their parents' faith. By 1985, that figure had risen to 33 percent. Fully 40 percent of Protestants have changed church...
Baptist Gathering Will Bring Global Stories
This is the assembly/convention season, when Baptist leaders chase around the United States and indeed the world to discuss and deliberate with each other. July 8–13, over 500 Baptist leaders from around the world will...
The Best Movies of 2002 … So Far
Though it is far too early to start speculating on the Oscar race, the calendar year is half over, and by this time a year ago, several of the best films of 2001 ("Shrek," "Memento," "Moulin Rouge," "A.I.: Artificial...
Is It Time for Christians to Leave Public Schools?
Is it time for Christians to abandon public schools? That question was posed last month in The Charlotte World, a North Carolina-based Christian newsletter. Warren Smith, editor and publisher, went on something of a...
Bad Theology Makes Bad Law
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals made a fatal blunder in its inflammatory decision regarding the Pledge of Allegiance. Under the guise of striking all religious references from the language of our republic, it...
Intentional Communities Replace 60s Communes
Jesus freaks and atheists, revolutionaries and apoliticals, sexually puritanical and promiscuous, you could find just about any type of commune in the 1960s. Only a few of the original communes are still active, but...
Iona Community Not For Everyone
Communal living is not for everyone. To live and work in the Iona Community is not just a job; it is a way of life. Iona is one of the oldest and most successful intentional Christian communities in existence. While...
The Flag, the Pledge, and God
The recent court decision banning the use of the Pledge of Allegiance in some western states has forced us to understand our national past in a fresh way. Simply put, American history is now divided into three parts....
Liberty and Justice for All
"I pledge allegiance to the flag ..." We recite these words in classrooms, at ballgames and at civic gatherings. During these days of debate and conversation concerning certain words within the pledge, do we listen to...
Powers, Weakness, and the Tabernacling of God
Marva J. Dawn has rendered valuable service to the church with her latest book, Powers, Weakness, and the Tabernacling of God. She argues the church should reassess and reclaim "the biblical notion of the...