by Gary Burton | Mar 17, 2009 | Opinion
I chuckled when I read, “A rabbi, a priest and a minister walked into a bar. The bartender said, ‘Is this a joke?'” Well, it was no joke for me on May 29, 2005. The setting was not a bar, but the home of Rabbi Stephen Chaim Listfield in Montgomery,...
by Pam Durso | Mar 17, 2009 | Opinion
Fourth in a series: Worship wars among Baptists have heated up in the last decade. Controversies involving styles of worship are widespread, and many churches have struggled with whether to have two worship services in order to accommodate those who want a...
by Charles W. Deweese | Mar 17, 2009 | Opinion
Sixth in a series: How should we Baptists treat our history? We can approach Baptist history in various ways. We can read it for pleasure, to advance our knowledge or to prepare for a test. We can use it to find justification for positions we have already taken or to...
by Charles W. Deweese | Mar 17, 2009 | Opinion
Seventh in a series: Today, about a dozen religions can be described as major world religions, such as Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam and Judaism. Has the time now come to add one more to the list: Sports? Individuals and organizations around the globe spend...
by Pam Durso | Mar 17, 2009 | Opinion
Eighth in a series: In 1882, May C. Jones was ordained to the gospel ministry by a Northern Baptist church (now ABC-USA), making her the first woman ordained in that denominational body. In 1964, Addie Davis was ordained by a Southern Baptist church, making her the...
by Mark Woods | Mar 17, 2009 | Opinion
Sunday marked the bicentenary of the abolition of the slave trade in the United Kingdom. What is surprising about the observance is the heat the issue raises, even so long after the event. White British people had perhaps assumed that they were entitled to a degree of...
