by Tony W. Cartledge | Dec 3, 2007 | Opinion
I don’t know how the term “nuts” or “nutty” came to be associated with bizarre behavior or ridiculous ideas, but there are as many nutso characters in the newspapers lately as there are acorns falling from my neighbor’s tree and...
by Robert Parham | Dec 3, 2007 | Opinion
Pro-environmentalism is embedded in Jesus’ moral manifesto found in Luke 4:18-19, a note long ignored among Baptists who consistently water down, spiritualize or privatize this text. Reading from the Hebrew prophet Isaiah, Jesus concluded that God had sent him...
by John D. Pierce | Dec 1, 2007 | Opinion
If one is ignorant, or just flat wrong about something, there is no virtue in having a firm conviction. Maturity requires on ongoing rethinking of what is worthy of our affirmation and commitment.Now there is a difference in the politically expedient...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Nov 30, 2007 | Opinion
With the end of the semester approaching, my desk holds a stack of exegesis papers dutifully written and presented as an offering by my Old Testament and 1-2 Samuel students at the Campbell University Divinity School. In a folder, there is a list of 17 blog sites from...
by Andy Watts | Nov 30, 2007 | Opinion
EthicsDaily.com recently carried a Religion News Service story about a new church movement called the “Advent Conspiracy.” It appears to be the initiative of a local Portland pastor in response to American consumerism’s captivity of the meaning of...
by Christa Brown | Nov 30, 2007 | Opinion
Many Southern Baptist Convention leaders, including President Frank Page, have indicated they don’t think a predator database would help prevent clergy child molestation.Though Page’s own expressed logic belies that conclusion, let’s just assume for...
