by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 17, 2007 | Opinion
Should Christians be at the forefront of the ecological bandwagon, promoting care for the earth because we care about the people who depend on it? Or should we focus solely on souls and not worry about the earth because our eschatology predicts a bad end for this...
by Tyler Wigg Stevenson | Oct 17, 2007 | Opinion
Despite popular parlance, consumerism is not a problem of how much one consumes. No, it is a problem of why one consumes: that is, in a consumerist society like ours, we buy things to tell others, and ourselves, who we are. Despite popular parlance, consumerism is not...
by Robert Parham | Oct 17, 2007 | Opinion
His momma read him Bible stories at bed time and rocked him to sleep singing the old hymn “In the Garden.” He gave his life to Christ at age 8 and walked where Jesus did at age 9. Thirty-years later, he stood on the banks of the Jordan River as three of...
by John D. Pierce | Oct 16, 2007 | Opinion
On a recent Sunday morning at Highland Hills Baptist Church in Macon, Ga., an ensemble of about two dozen adults performed Celebrate Life! The classic musical by Buryl Red and Ragan Courtney, published in 1972, has amazing staying power.Youth choirs of the ’70s...
by Cassandra Carkuff Williams | Oct 16, 2007 | Opinion
In September 2006, I was asked to lead a Bible study on children and poverty for the all-staff gathering of National Ministries (American Baptist Churches, U.S.A.) The purpose of the study was to help staff explore the biblical mandates related to the Children in...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 15, 2007 | Opinion
A Dutch scholar argued recently that a large opal signet in the Israel Museum was the official seal of the infamous Queen Jezebel. Could it be true?Jezebel, according to a series of stories in 1-2 Kings, was a Phoenician princess who was married to the Israelite king...
