by Tony Peck | Feb 20, 2008 | Opinion
To an outsider, the main impetus for the New Baptist Covenant, supported by 30 Baptist denominations and groups in North America might seem clear: an opportunity for the Baptists of North America to re-group after the years of controversy centered on the Southern...
by Robert Parham | Feb 20, 2008 | Opinion
The predatory practice of payday lenders flourishes in the Bible Belt, the very place where one would think that the piety and morality of church goers would oppose such ventures that charge the poor exorbitant interest rates exceeding those of “the old mafia...
by John D. Pierce | Feb 19, 2008 | Opinion
Despite stormy weather, a bunch of us gathered at Roswell Street Baptist Church in Marietta, Ga., on Sunday afternoon to celebrate the uniquely bright life of Jack R. Linscott Jr. He died the week before at age 46.Jack’s father was taking classes at Southern...
by Robert Parham | Feb 19, 2008 | Opinion
The Florida Board of Education should discount a letter from the top official of the Florida Baptist Convention opposing the approval of language for the new science standards that reads: “Evolution is the fundamental concept underlying all of biology and is...
by Jeanie Miley | Feb 19, 2008 | Opinion
The New Baptist Covenant meeting was, without doubt, the most inspiring, uplifting, heart-warming and stimulating meeting in my lifetime. It was also the first time I’ve been proud of being a Baptist in at least 30 years.From the beginning, I was stunned and...
by Rabbi Rami Shapiro | Feb 18, 2008 | Opinion
I wish I could find just one religion without its violent wackos. I’ve long given up on the Abrahamic faiths, and Japanese Buddhism during World War II rules them out. So how about Hinduism?Sure it was a Hindu fanatic who killed Gandhi, and who knows how many...
