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A Screen of Terms
A scene in Steven Spielberg's Amistad depicts two men, of different cultures and different tongues, trying to communicate with each other via an interpreter. A scene in Steven Spielberg's Amistad depicts two men, of...
Media’s Focus on Lieberman’s Faith Calls Baptists to Practice Discernment
Senator Joseph Lieberman's religious beliefs are one of this week's major news stories, following a Sunday morning appearance at an African-American church in Detroit, a Monday morning interfaith breakfast in Chicago...
Baptist Press Attacks BCE Curriculum Writers
Baptist Press has attacked curriculum lesson writers apparently without reading the lessons themselves. Released August 30, a BP story criticized the Baptist Center for Ethics' online curriculum related to the changes...
Baptist Press ‘Moves Away From Fairness’
Two news stories about the death of a journalist illustrate competing approaches to journalism. The Baptist Press story about Al Shackleford's death in a car accident gave two short sentences to the emotional events...
What’s Behind Baptist Press’ ‘Lack of Objectivity’?
Behind Baptist Press' disregard for truthfulness and fairness is the journalistic approach of Marvin Olasky, editor of World magazine. A professor of journalism at the University of Texas, Olasky is best known as the...
Married With Checking
Women are becoming increasingly involved in financial decisions for their households, according to a recent article. "The female half, once limited to such weighty matters as grocery spending, is now an equal partner...
Choice
The proliferation of choice was the focus of the August-September issue of Civilization, the magazine of the Library of Congress. Former Department of Labor Secretary Robert B. Reich asked, "Can there be such a thing...
Lieberman and the Sabbath: A Quaint Commandment?
We live in a day when many want to post the Ten Commandments. Now, the prospect of a candidate taking the Fourth Commandment seriously, wanting to "remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy" (Ex 20:8), has pundits...
A Bad Sign
Yes, the pastor is a vital part of the church as preacher, teacher, leader, guide, counselor and representative. In some traditions and some congregations, he or she is more dominant than in others. Not caught by...
Lieberman’s Nomination Sparks Internet Hate Speech and NAACP Controversy in Dallas
Anti-Semitic comments have swept over the Internet since the announcement of Senator Joseph Lieberman to the Democratic ticket. And anti-Semitic remarks made in a radio interview by NAACP Dallas chapter president Lee...
A Toxic Food Environment
Both overeating and severe hunger contribute to an increasingly "toxic" food environment, according to a recent article. "While hunger is a more acute problem and should be the highest nutritional concern, overeating...
Do Over
On Easter Sunday night, our son Kyle, age 20, had been in his apartment with his roommates. While playing one of his guitars and watching a network television program of social, intellectual impact (The Simpsons), he...
Postmodernism
Some people denounce postmodernism as an enemy of Christianity. Others disagree with that assessment. Still others wonder what postmodernism actually is. Adrian Rogers, chair of the SBC's Baptist Faith and Message...
Blurring Work and Leisure
"Rather than trying to isolate hours of the day that are completely free from work or slog through hours totally devoid of leisure, we're melding the two together," wrote Alison Stein Wellner in July's American...
How Rich is Rich?
For many Americans the measuring stick for "how rich is rich" increases as pay increases, according to a new survey. Though median income for four-person households is $50,000 a year, the majority responded $63,000 is...
Pastoral Ethics
A Web site dedicated to pastoral ethics has been launched. A Web site dedicated to pastoral ethics has been launched. Pastoralethics.com is "the pastors' and church leaders' source for interaction and information on...
New Report Shows Racial Disparities in Prison Sentencing for Narcotics
Black men and women are imprisoned for drug offenses twice as often as white drug users, though there are five times more white users than black users, according to a recent report. Of drug offenders sent to prison in...
CyberChristians
Web sites offering "Christian products" appear more and more frequently. iChristian.com, iBelieve.com and Christianbook.com are a few of the Web sites targeting Christians for electronic commerce. "Bringing popular...
Top Ten Technological Breakthroughs
A "virtual" think-tank at George Washington University, known as GW Forecast, has selected the top ten technological advancements for the next 10 and 100 years, according to a press release from the university. A...
Environmental Movement Continues to Have Public Support
The environmental protection movement is one of the top supported social movements in the United States, according to a recent poll review. The environmental protection movement is one of the top supported social...
SBC Now Silent on Literal Interpretation of the Bible in Texas Death Penalty Case
The convicted killer Gary Graham is scheduled for execution by lethal injection in Texas at 6 p.m., Thursday, one week after the Southern Baptist Convention passed its first statement supporting the death penalty. The...