by Jeannie Babb Taylor | Nov 1, 2007 | Opinion
“I can’t vote for a Democrat,” a man once told me. “I’m a Christian.” He spoke these two labels as if they were a set of antonyms. He could not grasp my attempts to explain that one label referred to a religion while the other...
by Drew Smith | Nov 1, 2007 | Opinion
In the year 313, Roman Emperor Constantine issued the Edict of Milan. This decree, which came as a result of Constantine believing that the Christian God had given him victory over his enemy, and thus sole power in the Empire, reversed the persecution that had been...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 31, 2007 | Opinion
There’s an old idiom used to describe a prideful person who has trouble maintaining relationships: “he’d cut off his nose to spite his face.” I couldn’t help but recall that adage when reading about the Baptist State Convention of North...
by Jenell Williams Paris | Oct 31, 2007 | Opinion
Just as exciting as Messiah College students being able to take classes from yours truly, this fall also brought undergraduates at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary the opportunity to concentrate in homemaking while earning a humanities degree. For women only,...
by Robert Parham | Oct 31, 2007 | Opinion
Theological declarations of blame follow terrible disasters. Indian evangelist K. G. Paul said God was judging California with wildfires for the mocking behavior of gays, according to a 10-minute video on GodTube, a conservative Christian knockoff of YouTube. Matt...
by John D. Pierce | Oct 30, 2007 | Opinion
Morning shows were abuzz with the recent report that a survey revealed many more Americans could name the ingredients in a McDonald’s Big Mac than could recite the Ten Commandments. Clearly, the implication is that American society is more interested in the...
