by John D. Pierce | Mar 9, 2008 | Opinion
Once a month, our small editorial staff enjoys a weekend of proofreading. I dropped off a well-marked draft of the April edition of Baptists Today at managing editor Jackie Riley’s house moments ago. Contributing editor Tony Cartledge emailed in more...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Mar 7, 2008 | Opinion
I’ve said a lot about various activities associated with the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) Executive Committee meeting in Honolulu this week, but little about the meeting itself. So what did they do? Here’s a synopsis of things I found to be particularly...
by Robert Parham | Mar 7, 2008 | Opinion
Unless a 21st century Moses comes down from Stone Mountain with a new commandment about global warming, don’t expect the majority of Southern Baptist clergy to tackle the issue of human-induced climate change. Scientific consensus simply isn’t enough to...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Mar 6, 2008 | Opinion
For those folks who wonder why it took me awhile to mention food this week, it’s not because I didn’t enjoy it. I ate some interesting things, but few that were quite weird enough to inspire a picture.The Sunday night celebration put on by Hawaii Baptists...
by John D. Pierce | Mar 6, 2008 | Opinion
Jim Smith, editor of The Florida Baptist Witness and an unbridled advocate of all things fundamentalist, has amazing gifts beyond the rest of us in this narrow field of Christian journalism. He can even see into the hearts and souls of the thousands of diverse fellow...
by James L. Evans | Mar 6, 2008 | Opinion
Sen. Barack Obama recently received an endorsement from a controversial religious leader who promotes hate toward certain groups. Ironically, Sen. John McCain was endorsed by another religious leader who also promotes hate toward certain groups. In other words, both...
