by Tony W. Cartledge | Jan 12, 2009 | Opinion
When I introduce the Old Testament to my students at Campbell University Divinity School, I begin by explaining why they must grapple with methods of Bible study that go beyond what they’ve picked up in Sunday School or a straightforward devotional reading of...
by James L. Evans | Jan 12, 2009 | Opinion
For many Christians there exists a prevailing mythology that America was established as a Christian nation. They envision the founders sitting around trying to put the language of Scripture into the framework of the Constitution. But the myth, while powerful and...
by Robert Parham | Jan 12, 2009 | Opinion
A virus broke out in early December in Little Rock, one that infects people of faith with a passion to do justice. Ground zero was, of all places, a Baptist church. And day one wasn’t even Sunday. The outbreak almost didn’t happen. At first, nailing down a date was...
by John D. Pierce | Jan 10, 2009 | Opinion
Daniel Burke of Religion News Service has a good piece on the churchgoing habits of U.S. presidents and the pressure on the incoming First Family to find a church home. (I’ll link the article when it appears on the Baptists Today website later today.)He notes...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jan 9, 2009 | Opinion
A longstanding (un)believability issue with results reported by the Southern Baptist Convention’s International Mission Board has resurfaced. At least two recent blogs have questioned the reliability of baptisms and church starts reported through the auspices of...
by Adam Hamilton | Jan 9, 2009 | Opinion
Like me you’ve no doubt been following the current hostilities between Israel and Hamas. How much do you know about the situation? I’d like to offer a few bits of information as you seek to make sense of what’s happening there. First, a bit of history: In ancient...
