by Robert Parham | Jul 10, 2009 | Opinion
The Norman New Baptist Covenant gathering in August is what the Atlanta New Baptist Covenant gathering in January 2008 should have been — theologically inclusive of banner-bearing Southern Baptists, politically welcoming to card-carrying Republicans and ethnically...
by Richard Pierard | Jul 10, 2009 | Opinion
I recently received the statement signed by “47 religious leaders” titled “A Matter of Health … A Matter of Wholeness.” Not being a “religious leader” but just an insignificant Baptist layperson tucked away in the mountains of...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 9, 2009 | Opinion
The third day in-country for Campbell University’s tour group (see earlier posts below) began with an early visit to Tabgha, on the north shore of the Sea of Galilee. Tabgha, a shortened Arabic version of “Heptapegon” (Seven Springs), is the traditional site of Jesus’...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 9, 2009 | Opinion
You can call me lots of things — but gullible is not one of them. I have never assumed that new products work as magically as the late pitchman Billy Mays said they did. One adage I’ve long taken to heart: “If it sounds too good to be true, it probably...
by James L. Evans | Jul 9, 2009 | Opinion
The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship just finished their annual meeting. These are moderate Baptists that for the most part broke away from the Southern Baptist Convention after that entity surrendered to fundamentalism. They met in Houston just ahead of the Fourth of...
by Keith Herron | Jul 9, 2009 | Opinion
“The Shack” by William Paul Young has sold millions. At the heart of the book is a pain so deep, so searing and disturbing, Mack, the book’s main character, nearly goes mad in his grief. It’s the pain of a parent who loses a child. He labels...
