by Laura Seay | Feb 18, 2008 | Opinion
January’s historic Celebration of a New Baptist Covenant was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be part of a new movement in Baptist life. Those of us who were fortunate enough to attend enjoyed three days of fellowship and reconciliation with Baptist brothers...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Feb 17, 2008 | Opinion
Religious purveyors of the snake oil best known as “the prosperity gospel” have been on the high end of antsy ever since Republican Senator Charles Grassley started requesting financial information from some high profile TV evangelists.Some of the...
by John D. Pierce | Feb 16, 2008 | Opinion
Walker Knight, founding editor of Baptists Today, has a magnet on the refrigerator in his Decatur, Ga., home. It reads: “Peace like war must be waged.”The magnet correctly attributes the quote to Walker L. Knight. A friend brought it to him from...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Feb 15, 2008 | Opinion
When a massive tornado ripped through Tennessee Baptists’ Union University on February 5, it left far more than classroom buildings and 13 dormitories in shambles. Hundreds of students found themselves with little more than what they were wearing when they fled...
by Drew Smith | Feb 15, 2008 | Opinion
One of the sad facts about American Christianity is that many Christians are ignorant of the political nature of Jesus’ message. Preferring to see Jesus in only spiritual terms, and his message as only about salvation and heaven, we often miss the significance...
by James L. Evans | Feb 15, 2008 | Opinion
From time to time throughout this long presidential campaign, I have heard several people say they wish Al Gore would get into the race. I am not one of them. I don’t want the former vice president to run for president, because it would distract him from the...
