by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 31, 2010 | Opinion
The good news is that more than 4,000 Baptists from 105 countries around the world are meeting in Hawai’i for the 20th Baptist World Congress of the Baptist World Alliance, and they’re having a wonderful, uplifting time.The bad news is that about 1,000...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 30, 2010 | Opinion
Worship time at the Baptist World Congress is generally well-prepared and impressively offered, often incorporating different languages, which is entirely appropriate for a global organization comprised of more than 115 member bodies. This year’s meeting in...
by Robert Parham | Jul 30, 2010 | Opinion
Two Baptists – one a Lebanese denominational executive, the other an American religion professor – shared their concerns about the vilification of Muslims by Christians and mapped out ways for constructive engagement between the world’s two largest faith groups...
by Daniel Carro | Jul 30, 2010 | Opinion
When I delivered a speech at the Centenary Congress of the Baptist World Alliance in Birmingham, England, in 2005, I quoted a famous sports philosopher, Yogi Berra. He coined several deceptively simplistic and tautological remarks, such as: “It’s not over...
by Bruce Prescott | Jul 30, 2010 | Opinion
News reports are indicating that an agreement has been reached to settle the legal costs for the lawsuit that required Haskell County in Oklahoma to remove a Ten Commandments monument from the lawn of its county courthouse. Sadly, the residents of that county will be...
by John D. Pierce | Jul 29, 2010 | Opinion
A hefty advance proof of American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us arrived yesterday. Professors Robert D. Putnam of Harvard and David E. Campbell of Notre Dame have compiled and interpreted significant new research on the impact of religion on American life....
