by Richard Pierard | Nov 24, 2009 | Opinion
When I read on EthicsDaily.com a few days ago that the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina had “defunded” the Baptist Center for Ethics, I was reminded once again of how little Southern Baptists really understand ethics. When a Southern Baptist...
by Drew Smith | Nov 24, 2009 | Opinion
I thought Hal Lindsey was dead, but I discovered he is quite alive when I ran into him on TV the other night. Not only is he very much alive, but also the end-times prophecy that forms the basis of his theological and political perspective on the world is also very...
by Tarris D. Rosell | Nov 24, 2009 | Opinion
On Nov. 17, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops voted 219-4 “to strengthen its requirement that Roman Catholic hospitals insert and maintain nutrition and hydration tubes for patients in persistent vegetative states.” A journalist for Modern Healthcare...
by Robert Parham | Nov 23, 2009 | Opinion
Before reading the latest moral declaration from the Christian Right about their troubled souls and moral priorities, I e-mailed early last Friday morning a reporter about the statement. I wrote that if these leaders’ “hierarchy of issues” were...
by Joe Phelps | Nov 23, 2009 | Opinion
I read a tough passage from Psalms recently, at least for those of us who believe that faith calls us to nonviolence, love, reconciliation and unity. Let the high praises of God be in their throats and two-edged swords in their hands, to execute vengeance on the...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Nov 23, 2009 | Opinion
Clement of Alexandria is reported as saying that “God saved the Jews in a Jewish way, the barbarians in a barbarian way.” Likewise, God will save Euro-Americans in a Euro-American way and Hispanics in a Latino/Latina way. Nevertheless, there is an...
