by James L. Evans | Jun 19, 2009 | Opinion
Four years ago our church went through a visioning process that included among other things a lengthy discussion about who we are. The first issue put on the table was whether or not we should keep the word “Baptist” in our name. As a brand, Baptist has...
by Mark Johnson | Jun 19, 2009 | Opinion
I am praying for the people of Iran. Not because I consider them my enemies and am commanded to do so by my Lord. Nor because I believe I am better than they are and feel motivated by a condescending altruism. I am praying for them for the most basic of all reasons:...
by Roy Medley | Jun 19, 2009 | Opinion
I was recently part of an unprecedented coalition of U.S. religious leaders who wrote to President Obama on the occasion of his visit to predominantly Muslim countries in the Middle East. We urged strong diplomatic efforts by our government toward peace in the Middle...
by Mark Woods | Jun 18, 2009 | Opinion
“For evil to triumph, it is only necessary that good men do nothing,” said the famous 18th-century politician Edmund Burke. That is the tradition, anyway; in fact exhaustive searches of his works have failed to turn up that exact expression. But it has...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Jun 18, 2009 | Opinion
No sooner did President Obama nominate Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court than racists began to make derogatory remarks based on her ethnicity. Judge Sotomayor should not be confirmed just because she is a Latina. She should be confirmed using the same...
by Sam Davidson | Jun 18, 2009 | Opinion
After nearly three years visiting almost every place that serves Sunday breakfast in Nashville, I think I found the best one – the one that I could visit over and over again. Of course, I need to go there again to make sure that I didn’t imagine it, get lucky or...
