A most dissected message

Former President Bill Clinton will speak this Friday evening during the closing session of the Celebration of a New Baptist Covenant. He is one of those lightning-rod personalities who seems to draw either love or disdain.Pastors across the nation, who have promoted...

WMU-NC settles on a site

While thousands of National Baptists are gathering in Atlanta today, and thousands more are planning to join them for the New Baptist Celebration beginning Wednesday, an old friend has found new lodgings.Woman’s Missionary Union of North Carolina (WMU-NC) will soon...

Death in the Congo

Last week the International Rescue Committee released its latest mortality survey for the Democratic Republic of Congo. They do a survey every 2-3 years; the methodology is as sound as it can be given the circumstances, and these surveys are widely acknowledged as the...

Obama likely to outdraw me, others

In Macon, Ga., today, Chuck Poole is guest preacher in the pulpit he once filled regularly at the First Baptist Church of Christ. I’m preaching at historic Mt. Zion Baptist Church for morning worship.Jim Dant of Highland Hills and Bill Hardee of Vineville...

Out-of-this-world expectations surpassed

With the global economy struggling, political candidates wrangling, and an unhappy war muddling along with no end in sight, we have to celebrate successes where we can find them. That’s one of the reasons I have home pages for the Mars Exploration Rover mission,...

Iranian Movie Portrays Islamic View of Jesus

Jesus appeared on movie screens four years ago in Mel Gibson’s controversial “The Passion of the Christ.” Jesus is back at the cinema, but this time Islam—not Christianity—provides the lens. “Jesus, Spirit of God,” from Iranian filmmaker...