by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Dec 15, 2017 | News
A strong majority (90 percent) of U.S. adults will celebrate Christmas this year, down 2 percent from 2013, according to a Pew Research Center report released on Dec. 12. Forty-six percent of celebrants view the observance as “more of a religious holiday,”...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Dec 14, 2017 | News
Intense religious expressions in the U.S. remain stable, while moderate expressions are in decline, according to sociologists Landon Schnabel of Indiana University Bloomington and Sean Bock of Harvard University. Their report, “The Persistent and Exceptional...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Dec 13, 2017 | News
Marv Knox is field coordinator for Fellowship Southwest, a network that comprises CBF (Cooperative Baptist Fellowship) of Oklahoma, CBF of Texas and CBF West. 1. Where did you grow up? Perryton, a small farming, ranching and oil-producing town at the top of the Texas...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Dec 12, 2017 | News
There were 216 million global malaria cases in 2016, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) report released Nov. 29. This is 5 million more than in 2015, and the first increase since 2010 when there were 237 million cases. The number of deaths from malaria...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Dec 6, 2017 | News
Les Hollon is senior pastor of Trinity Baptist Church in San Antonio, Texas. 1. Where did you grow up? Boerne, Texas. 2. What is your favorite verse, book or story in the Bible? Why? Matthew 5:48 (in the Amplified Version). Christ calls us to live a big life by living...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Dec 1, 2017 | News
Daniel Vestal is the distinguished university professor of Baptist leadership and director of the Eula Mae and John Baugh Center for Baptist Leadership at Mercer University. He is also pastor of Peachtree Baptist Church in Atlanta and served previously as the...
