by Quentin P. Kinnison | Oct 1, 2009 | Opinion
As a Christian theologian, I take the Bible very seriously. This means that I follow certain rules for interpreting how I read the text. One of the most important rules is that I look at the parts, particular verses, within the context of the whole of the chapter,...
by Drew Smith | Oct 1, 2009 | Opinion
Editor’s note: This is the first part of a series in which Drew Smith, director of international programs at Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, Ark., examines what it means to be a progressive Christian. Labels are interesting things. They are attempts...
by Eddie Hammett | Oct 1, 2009 | Opinion
Coaching churches and church leaders maximizes time and energy. It focuses around passion, calling and growth challenges in ways that seminars promise but often miss. Leaders – whether local, global, church or denomination or judicatory, clergy or lay leaders – all...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Sep 30, 2009 | Opinion
I’m trying to be more charitable than critical, but I’m struggling with American evangelicalism’s penchant for military metaphors. Even as a child, I never liked singing “Onward Christian Soldiers,” for example — the image of...
by Bruce Prescott | Sep 30, 2009 | Opinion
Editor’s note: This is the second part in a series in which Bruce Prescott, executive director of Mainstream Oklahoma Baptists, examines the future of Baptist identity. The third part will run Friday, Oct. 2. The aspect of Baptist identity most in need of...
by Mark McEntire | Sep 30, 2009 | Opinion
What’s harder than finding a needle in a haystack? Proving there isn’t one. In 1997 Michael Drosnin created a sensation with “The Bible Code.” The book claimed that evenly spaced letter sequences in the part of the Hebrew Scripture known as the...
