by John D. Pierce | Mar 15, 2010 | Opinion
By John PierceBaptists TodayATLANTA — Bruce Gourley, a historian, Internet innovator and online editor for Baptists Today, will become executive director of the Baptist History and Heritage Society (BH&HS) on April 1. He is the former associate director of Mercer...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Mar 15, 2010 | Opinion
I’ve known for some time that America is far from being a religiously devoted nation, but I didn’t realize the population had become so religiously ignorant until I scanned a recent study made public by the Barna Group. According to their research,...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Mar 15, 2010 | Opinion
Jesus is a Nazi commie. Okay, Glenn Beck didn’t exactly say that, but that is how he described the Jesus whom I call Lord and Savior. What Beck did say is that “social justice” and “economic justice” are code words for Nazism and...
by Dalen Jackson | Mar 15, 2010 | Opinion
I’m not against the Bible. I’m an ordained Baptist minister, professor of biblical studies, academic dean of a theological seminary and a lifelong student of the Bible. I’m also enough of a skeptic to worry that religious fervor and political...
by James L. Evans | Mar 15, 2010 | Opinion
In the closing chapters of Matthew’s Gospel, Jesus offers a parable describing the criteria by which the human community will be evaluated on Judgment Day. I remember my surprise years ago when I read these words for the first time. After hearing that we would...
by John D. Pierce | Mar 13, 2010 | Opinion
Amassing an impressive personal library was an outward mark of professional achievement and intellectual pursuit during the era when I left school for work. A book was considered a treasure; a room full of them was a treasury of (potential) knowledge.When entering...
