by Tony W. Cartledge | Jun 16, 2008 | Opinion
We’re visiting with my parents for a few days while en route to the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship meeting in Memphis June 18-20. That means, among other things, that we’re gorging ourselves on fresh vegetables from the garden – my father figures that being 80 years...
by Mike Smith | Jun 16, 2008 | Opinion
Rabbi Rami Shapiro and I are collaborating on a book in progress exploring the Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount. Our blog, Mount and Mountain, recently passed the 100-post mark. We have completed a first draft of our conversation about the Ten Commandments...
by Emily Hunter McGowin | Jun 16, 2008 | Opinion
Many of my gifted and well-meaning colleagues in the Southern Baptist world have devoted much time and energy toward calling a “truce” on the in-fighting regarding the contentious issue of women in ministry. The way my friends commonly arrive at a peaceful...
by Mike Smith | Jun 16, 2008 | Opinion
Rabbi Rami Shapiro and I are collaborating on a book in progress exploring the Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount.Our blog, Mount and Mountain, recently passed the 100-post mark. We have completed a first draft of our conversation about the Ten Commandments...
by John D. Pierce | Jun 14, 2008 | Opinion
CNN’s witty reporter Jeanne Moos — equipped with a stopwatch — showed an partial (mercifully) video clip of a question-and-answer exchange from a John McCain Town Hall meeting.The audience participant — identified as David Wheeler — rambled on for about three...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jun 13, 2008 | Opinion
It came as no great surprise that Georgia pastor Johnny Hunt was elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention this week. Hunt had been favored as the anointed one two years ago, but declined to run, inadvertently opening the door for non-establishment...
