by Joe Phelps | Feb 5, 2008 | Opinion
Fifteen thousand pastors and laypersons representing churches across the land met last week in Atlanta under the banner of the New Baptist Covenant to offer a progressive voice for Baptists. All Baptists in North America were invited, and every major group signed on...
by James L. Evans | Feb 5, 2008 | Opinion
It has been a pesky problem from the very beginning. Adam, who walked with God in the cool of the garden, could not follow one simple proscription. Abraham, called by God to be the progenitor of a great nation, lied about Sarah being his wife to save his own hide....
by Tony W. Cartledge | Feb 4, 2008 | Opinion
Allow me one last thought from the Celebration of a New Baptist Covenant, held in Atlanta Jan. 30-Feb. 1. It was, I think, the finest Baptist meeting I’ve ever attended in America. The spirit of hopefulness, the desire to forge new relationships, and the...
by Robert Parham | Feb 4, 2008 | Opinion
Former Vice President Al Gore delivered the most energetic, substantive and potentially transformative speech made by a Baptist to a Baptist audience in 30 years. From my first Southern Baptist Convention in June 1978 in Atlanta to the New Baptist Covenant celebration...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Feb 2, 2008 | Opinion
I won’t try to add to John Pierce’s accurate analysis of former president Bill Clinton’s speech on Friday night of the Celebration of a New Baptist Covenant. I was delighted that Clinton remained faithfully non-political, though also a bit surprised...
by John D. Pierce | Feb 2, 2008 | Opinion
In the closing address of the Celebration of a New Baptist Covenant last night, former President Bill Clinton was gracious, biblically-astute, politically nonpartisan, insightful, personal — and a bit off topic. He rightly called his fellow Baptists to relate in...
