Why do younger Baptists avoid the SBC?

A new study from LifeWay Christian Resources notes that the percentage of younger adults attending the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting has declined significantly for the past 27 years, with an even steeper drop since 2004.The study found that...

A Position Opposing Abortion Does Not Make One Pro-Life

In 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down one of its most memorable decisions in the Roe v. Wade case. That decision viewed laws that banned abortion as violations of constitutional rights to privacy and gave women the right to terminate unwanted pregnancies. Since...

Lessons from the swamp

A recent article in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution revealed the surprise results birdwatchers found on a trip to the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.Last spring, wildfires consumed 115,000 of the South Georgia swamp’s 438,000 acres. The ensuing summer...

Did ’60 Minutes’ Toss Roger Clemens a Softball?

Did you watch Roger Clemens on “60 Minutes” Sunday night? I was at a meeting, but I caught the highlights on various news channels later on. What did you think: guilty or not guilty? I want to believe Roger. He is a Houstonian. He is a Longhorn. He was an...

Starry Eyes

In honor of Epiphany (January 6), which marks the traditional date of the wise men’s arrival in Bethlehem, I thought I would post an unusual interview I was able to obtain with one Mr. Gaspar, despite his having been dead for nearly 2,000 years.Due to his dead...