by Jan Chapman | Nov 2, 2009 | Opinion
I’ve had reason over the last couple of weeks to ponder the question: What if women ruled the world? It all began with the film Pray the Devil Back to Hell, which tells the inspiring story of the women of Liberia who stood, quite literally, for peace in their...
by Mark Woods | Nov 2, 2009 | Opinion
The letter to Prime Minister Gordon Brown featured on the front page of The Baptist Times is significant not just because it is the first of its kind from BMS World Mission, but for two other reasons. First, its tone. Rather than presenting Brown with a list of...
by John D. Pierce | Oct 31, 2009 | Opinion
When tension builds, I build something. Lowe’s and Home Depot have long been my trusted therapists.Fences that keep nothing in or out, and a rarely used arbor, tree house and picnic area dot the wooded back lot. It’s just my way of trying to stay on the...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 30, 2009 | Opinion
Some American Christians claim government oppression because they are no allowed to use public schools or courthouses as means to propagate their particular understanding of faith. I occasionally get Facebook invitations to “Put God back in our schools” or...
by James L. Evans | Oct 30, 2009 | Opinion
In “Parting the Waters,” the Pulitzer-Prize winning story of the early years of the civil rights movement, Taylor Branch describes some of the differences between Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s goals and those of the NAACP. King, following the...
by Larry Greenfield | Oct 30, 2009 | Opinion
When Jesus threatens to open up the tomb where his beloved friend, Lazarus, had been placed, the dead man’s sister, Martha, objects. She had pleaded for Jesus to come to their home in Bethany while brother Lazarus still clung to life, but Jesus had dithered away...
