by Richard Pierard | Oct 3, 2008 | Opinion
Earlier generations of fundamentalists and evangelicals conveniently ignored the social dimensions of Jesus’ message and heaped condemnation on the heads of these men and women for promoting a “false gospel” which they claimed deviated from historic...
by James L. Evans | Oct 2, 2008 | Opinion
This past Sunday 33 pastors from all across the country deliberately broke the law. Prompted by the Alliance Defense Fund, a socially conservative legal consortium based in Arizona, these pastors stood in their pulpits and endorsed political candidates. The law...
by Cliff Vaughn | Oct 2, 2008 | Opinion
Hollywood once again pauses to consider the Christian market, served this time not by Mel Gibson and controversy but by Sherwood Pictures, the movie-making ministry of Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, Ga. “Fireproof” stars Kirk Cameron (“Growing...
by John D. Pierce | Oct 1, 2008 | Opinion
President George W. Bush is at home in conservative Christian circles. He speaks the language of conversion — though one story relates to the influence of Arthur Blessitt and the other to Billy Graham.He credits God for releasing him from the bonds of alcohol and...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 1, 2008 | Opinion
The Board of Directors of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina (BSCNC) approved a proposal Sept. 30 calling for the convention to scrap the four cooperative giving plan options it now offers, and return to a single plan.The BSCNC offered only one plan until...
by Cliff Vaughn | Oct 1, 2008 | Opinion
Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns spoke with passion, wit and intelligence Tuesday night, calling on audience members, as Abraham Lincoln did in 1861, to listen to “the better angels of our nature.” “We are still stitched together by words and most...
