by Matt DuVall | Jul 25, 2010 | Opinion
My reflection on the future of Baptists is rooted in my particular experience of life in the Baptist world in the southeastern United States. I have been connected to Baptist life since I was born. The men and women in my family, going back several generations, have...
by Laura Seay | Jul 25, 2010 | Opinion
Longtime readers know that I am very cynical about celebrity advocacy in general. My eyes glaze over when I see a link to a story about whichever starlet that John Prendergast is courting to “be a voice for Darfur” or a heartwarming 60 Minutes segment...
by John D. Pierce | Jul 24, 2010 | Opinion
Religion News Service is reporting that a meeting of college students is set for Oct. 8-11 at Atlanta’s Morehouse College to relaunch an effort that helped bring about significant social change long ago. The U.S. Student Christian Movement, that has not be...
by Robert Parham | Jul 23, 2010 | Opinion
Where do younger ministers think Baptists should head in the 21st century? Yesterday’s editorial disclosed what a handful of seasoned, global Baptist leaders and thinkers say about the future. One shared that Baptists ought to recapture the radical nature of...
by Mike Parnell | Jul 23, 2010 | Opinion
“Inception” is another sterling example of why Christopher Nolan is one of the great film directors of our time and maybe any time. It is a movie that plays on so many levels of our senses. It is visual, but it also plays on sense of smell as we smell...
by Larry Greenfield | Jul 23, 2010 | Opinion
In Luke’s version of Jesus giving the disciples a model of how to pray to God, the itinerant rabbi seems to assume – for that particular society in which he proclaimed and demonstrated the coming reign of God – an understanding of humanity’s moral...