by Bruce T. Gourley | Jan 23, 2008 | Opinion
Dear Rev. LaHaye: You may not be aware that someone wrote a fictional letter to the editor to the USA TODAY and signed your name to it. I’m sure you would be concerned that someone would dare impersonate you, so I’m just giving you a heads up. The...
by Robert Parham | Jan 23, 2008 | Opinion
Announcing success before an event is risky, even foolish business. But in the Pauline tradition of being foolish for Christ’s sake and forsaking the wisdom of the world, which warns against naming success in advance during problematic times, I want to announce...
by John D. Pierce | Jan 22, 2008 | Opinion
The video of former President Bill Clinton nodding off in church is all over the Internet and morning news shows today. The Sunday service honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was held at Convent Avenue Baptist Church in Harlem, N.Y.I come to his defense with both...
by Britt Towery | Jan 22, 2008 | Opinion
Back in November of last year Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) sent letters for financial information from six of the countless mega-church television preachers. The senator was widely portrayed as persecuting these millionaire preachers. The offended preachers...
by Christa Brown | Jan 22, 2008 | Opinion
Thinking that clergy sex abuse is about sex is like thinking the Bataan Death March was about marching.Yet, over and over again, Southern Baptist leaders talk about clergy sex abuse as though it were just another form of “sexual sin.” Repeatedly,...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jan 21, 2008 | Opinion
Martin Luther King, Jr. was not a perfect man, but when cultural winds collided to create a perfect storm of change, he became the ideal leader. His mixture of calmness and courage grounded in compassion — even for violently racist opponents — set an...
