by James L. Evans | Feb 12, 2009 | Opinion
During his long run to the White House, then presidential candidate Obama was asked what he planned to do about President Bush’s controversial Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. He told reporters that not only did he intend to keep the office, but...
by Mark Johnson | Feb 12, 2009 | Opinion
Our culture will celebrate love tomorrow. Mostly, it will focus on a form of love the Greeks called eros. It is the source of our English word erotica. It is not a word found in the Greek New Testament (GNT). Yet, two other Greek words for love are found. One is...
by John Rackley | Feb 12, 2009 | Opinion
Jesus said: you have ears; use them! Mark 4:9 Do we really want to listen to the world? The idea is that when we listen to what the world is saying we will be better able to communicate the Gospel. Now I know he does not represent the world, but I wonder whether we...
by John D. Pierce | Feb 12, 2009 | Opinion
Baptist Press carried a recent commentary by Southern Baptist pastor Bob Carpenter of Michigan titled “When to leave your church.”His basic point, with which I agree, is that churches need to focus on unity. However, he identifies a few situations that he...
by Robert Parham | Feb 12, 2009 | Opinion
A confidential settlement last spring placed money in an irrevocable trust controlled by a court-appointed guardian for a mentally-ill woman named Lucinda Bennett. The guardian had sued the First Baptist Church of West Palm Beach, Fla., and the church’s pastor,...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Feb 11, 2009 | Opinion
GREENSBORO, N.C. — How can Baptists maintain an effective witness into their fifth century of existence? More than 400 participants gathered at First Baptist Church Feb. 9 to mark the 400th anniversary of the Baptist movement and to anticipate what the fifth...
