by Larry Wilson | Mar 18, 2008 | Opinion
Suffering is at the heart of the Christian gospel. The Gospels themselves are stories, with long introductions, about the suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus. Jesus calls us to choose suffering for the sake of His kingdom as He himself chose to suffer for the...
by John D. Pierce | Mar 17, 2008 | Opinion
Young seminarian Jonathan Merritt sure has gotten a lot of attention for his effort to get Southern Baptists more engaged in creation care. Even TIME magazine and other well-known publications picked up on it.His concern, he said, was stimulated by a systematic...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Mar 17, 2008 | Opinion
Some months ago, the Biblical Recorder added a new feature I wish I’d thought of … on the home page, there’s a running list of “Today’s Most Read” stories. I noticed back in December that a Christmas monologue I had put in the...
by Rabbi Rami Shapiro | Mar 17, 2008 | Opinion
I knew I belonged in America when I recently read that we are now the Fattest Nation on Earth. That doesn’t mean that our girth on the old Rand McNally is changing, but that we Americans are, by and large (yes, pun intended; I am too clever by half) the fattest...
by Jeannie Babb Taylor | Mar 17, 2008 | Opinion
If you think females have achieved equality in the United States, just scan the headlines. Misogyny is alive and well. Consider the Marine who raped his female comrade, then killed her and buried her in his back yard to avoid a paternity test. Consider also the...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Mar 14, 2008 | Opinion
I’m fascinated by an emerging trend of disillusionment with the religious right and a willingness of some conservative Baptists to buck the denominational pontificate and speak for themselves.Regarding disillusionment with the religious right, I still find it...
