by Bruce Prescott | Oct 25, 2010 | Opinion
I have had an inquiry as to whether religious leaders can work to influence politics without undermining pluralism. My answer is yes. Religious leaders have a moral responsibility to address the injustices they see in society and a civic responsibility to work...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 25, 2010 | Opinion
A “Hopeful Imagination” seminar hosted Oct. 22-23 by First Baptist Church of Wilmington brought together more than 300 church leaders from eight or nine states, all hoping to find help in imagining a new and brighter future for their congregations. ...
by John D. Pierce | Oct 22, 2010 | Opinion
While joining my daughter, a high school senior, on a recent tour of Vanderbilt University, I took this photo of a sign suspended high above a classroom lobby. It quotes Ludwig Wittgenstein: “A new word is like a fresh seed sown on the ground of the discussion.” With...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 22, 2010 | Opinion
A story from Religion News Service reports that if someone could gather up all the Bibles either being used or gathering dust in American homes, the stack would be 29 million feet tall — a tower that would rise more than 5,400 miles. For comparative...
by James L. Evans | Oct 22, 2010 | Opinion
Two experts in political science have sounded a warning bell for conservative evangelicals. Robert D. Putman, professor of public policy at Harvard University, and David E. Campbell, professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame, wrote an op-ed piece...
by Robert Parham | Oct 22, 2010 | Opinion
The river of Jesus’ baptism now flows with human sewage. Who would have imagined that one of the world’s most holy rivers, a river referenced in the Bible and revered by Jews, Christians and Muslims, would be so defiled that an environmental group would...
