by Zach Dawes Jr | Jul 14, 2009 | Opinion
In his parables, Jesus often compared the Kingdom of God — the realm over which God’s ethics are allowed to rule and reign — to something quite insignificant. The Kingdom of God is like a farmer sowing seed in the soil (Mark 4:26-29). The Kingdom of God is...
by Chuck Warnock | Jul 14, 2009 | Opinion
Pharmacists must dispense the controversial Plan B contraceptive pill regardless of religious conviction, according to a ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on July 8. In its opinion, the court found there “is a general public interest in ensuring that...
by Mike Harton | Jul 14, 2009 | Opinion
Two recent conversations haunt me. An old college friend, a leading-edge baby boomer (age 63) whom I knew to be a person of faith in college, told me he and his wife “had given up on the institutional church.” The other conversation was with an educated...
by Australian Baptist Ministries Staff | Jul 14, 2009 | Opinion
Australian Baptists launched a new national name and logo, signaling a renewed commitment to evangelism, mission and ministry around the nation and the world. The three-circle logo replaces the traditional green-and-gold image, and the movement will be known as...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 13, 2009 | Opinion
Jerusalem was the focus of the seventh day of touring for participants in Campbell University Divinity School’s “Bible Lands Study Tour” course, along with other family, friends, and alumni.The day began at the famed Western Wall, also known as the “Wailing Wall,” the...
by Robert Parham | Jul 13, 2009 | Opinion
Bonuses are always substantively wrong when organizational leaders have underperformed, failing to achieve reasonable benchmarks for success while demanding sacrifice from lower-level employees through wage cuts, reduced hours and terminations. Bonuses are...
