by Chuck Queen | Sep 21, 2010 | Opinion
Jesus begins the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew’s Gospel with the Beatitudes. (The teachings in Matthew 5-7 were no doubt given by Jesus in many different contexts, and the biblical writer gathered them into this form.) The first beatitude is: “Blessed are...
by Jim Somerville | Sep 21, 2010 | Opinion
“I just can’t accept infant baptism.” That’s what people often tell me after they’ve heard all my arguments for welcoming Christians from other denominations into our membership without rebaptizing them. To them, baptism is...
by Amaury Tañón-Santos | Sep 21, 2010 | Opinion
People do not move because they want to. There is always a reason to make the difficult decision to migrate. The Oxford American Dictionary defines a migrant as a person who moves from one area or country to another, especially in search of work. The circumstance was...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Sep 20, 2010 | Opinion
I had the honor, this past Saturday, of officiating at the wedding of my oldest son, who’s nearly 34, and just now tying the knot. It was a charming, if steamy, outdoor occasion, held at an inn in Greensboro, Ga. where the various venues are named after elvish...
by Joe Phelps | Sep 20, 2010 | Opinion
Questions and concerns surround the recent “Honoring All Sacred Texts” gathering at Highland Baptist Church in Louisville, Ky., that included Jews, Muslims, Hindu, Buddhists, Sikhs and Baha’i. How does a Christian church, which affirms Jesus as Lord,...
by Bruce Prescott | Sep 20, 2010 | Opinion
Some supporters of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina want to revise the organization’s “foundational statements” to delete traditional references to liberty of conscience and “soul competency.” They assert the priority...
