by Rabbi Rami Shapiro | Feb 28, 2008 | Opinion
I was listening to NPR the other day and learned of a prayer movement called Light the Highway that runs prayer vigils along Interstate 35 from Texas to Minnesota. The group asks God to do away with systemic poverty, drug addiction and hopelessness, along with other...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Feb 27, 2008 | Opinion
A massive study by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life has found that the religious landscape of the U.S. is shifting beneath our feet. The results should not be surprising to those who keep an eye on religious trends, but they provide valuable empirical...
by Larry Wilson | Feb 27, 2008 | Opinion
Midway through the Sermon on the Mount there is the passage from Matthew 6:25, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear.” Just before is scripture that calls us to...
by Robert Parham | Feb 27, 2008 | Opinion
Global warming is worse now than when I first wrote about it in my out-of-print book, Loving Neighbors Across Time: A Christian Guide to Protecting the Earth, published in late 1991. Scientific evidence is more definitive. Moral action is more urgent. Opposition is...
by John D. Pierce | Feb 26, 2008 | Opinion
At Baptists Today, we are busy planning a special April edition and a big celebration on April 3 to mark the 25th anniversary of this uniquely independent, national news journal. It is staggering, however, to think of how the larger Baptist family might celebrate in...
by Ed Hogan | Feb 26, 2008 | Opinion
I was unable to travel to the New Baptist Covenant Celebration, due to meetings I had to attend related to an opportunity to purchase land on the highway next to our church. I am sorry that I missed it. I have grown weary of Baptist meetings that produce no fruit. I...
