by Tony W. Cartledge | Jan 31, 2008 | Opinion
Students from moderate minded divinity schools are learning from and participating in the New Baptist Covenant meeting in Atlanta. Each session features a student as the scripture reader, and others are serving as ushers (like these guys from Campbell, getting...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jan 31, 2008 | Opinion
I’ll leave it to others to comment at more length on Jimmy Carter’s speech during the opening session of the “Celebration of a New Baptist Covenant.” The speech was quite good and called Baptists to remember what being Baptist means, but my...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jan 31, 2008 | Opinion
Planners of the New Baptist Covenant celebration have worked hard to downplay any political aspects of the meeting, though they have constantly been accused of having a political agenda. It hasn’t helped that presidential candidate Mike Huckabee and Senator Lindsey...
by Larry Coleman | Jan 31, 2008 | Opinion
The first Sunday of February is Transfiguration Sunday, followed by Ash Wednesday ringing in Lent. It is a reflective time to wrestle with sin and rediscover our need for salvation. Have you ever been puzzled or bemused by Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) before Ash...
by John D. Pierce | Jan 30, 2008 | Opinion
A large number of reporters from various religion and secular news outlets participated in an opening media conference this afternoon (Jan.30) moderated by former President Jimmy Carter. He and other organizers of the Celebration of a New Baptist Covenant discussed...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jan 30, 2008 | Opinion
I don’t get to use these words often, so I’ll do it while I have the chance … the hallways of the Georgia World Congress Center’s three interconnected buildings are not so labyrinthine as they are long, and the place is organized so that you not only have to go around...
