by Tony W. Cartledge | Feb 5, 2010 | Opinion
If it weren’t for Martha Stearns Marshall, there’s a good chance I would not be a Baptist today. I can count seven generations of Baptist blood in my family, and all of it started with what seemed to be an unfortunate incident — until you see how it...
by Robert Parham | Feb 4, 2010 | Opinion
Given the outcry over Tim Tebow’s TV ad during the Super Bowl, one would think that the Super Bowl is sacred space. For those who have missed the latest scrimmage in the American culture war, here’s an overview. A University of Florida football star...
by Chuck Warnock | Feb 4, 2010 | Opinion
The arrest of 10 Southern Baptist church members on a self-styled rescue mission in Haiti provides churches with a sobering reminder – even if your motives are pure, you must know and follow the laws of the country you are in. Members of Eastside Baptist Church in...
by James L. Evans | Feb 4, 2010 | Opinion
According to a story in Newsweek magazine, it appears that at least some evangelicals are moving away from the political and theological right wing. Younger evangelicals seem to be shying away from the rigid ideological orthodoxy of past culture wars and are embracing...
by John D. Pierce | Feb 4, 2010 | Opinion
This morning President Obama speaks to the National Prayer Breakfast. It is an event dating back to 1953 — an era in which Communism drove U.S. leaders to more publicly affirm the Divine including adding “under God” to the Pledge of Allegiance. Not...
by Bill Wilson | Feb 3, 2010 | Opinion
In the prelude to “A Hidden Wholeness,” Parker Palmer offers a powerful metaphor for life in local churches today. He tells of a time when farmers on the Great Plains, at the first sign of a blizzard, would run a rope from the back door out to the barn....
