by Daniel Carro | Oct 10, 2007 | Opinion
Let’s face it: Global migrations in the 21st century will not disappear just because of wishful thinking. While 6.3 billion people in the world in 2002 were native born, according to the BBC’s “Fact File: Global Migrations,” 175 million were...
by John D. Pierce | Oct 9, 2007 | Opinion
Sometimes an email subject line can get your mind to wondering. Such was the case with one sent to me recently by Callie Davis, staff assistant for the Baptist House of Studies at Duke University Divinity School directed by Curtis Freeman.Enclosed were results from a...
by Robert Parham | Oct 9, 2007 | Opinion
Lebanese Christians are divided with factions stockpiling weapons and preparing for a civil war, according to a New York Times article last week. A Lebanese Baptist leader has a different perspective on the situation, however. “Many Lebanese say another civil...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 8, 2007 | Opinion
If you read this post from BT’s Oct. 7 list of links or in your local newspaper, perhaps you were as taken aback as I was that multiple youth groups are using the new video game “Halo 3” as a draw for getting kids to church.The wildly popular sci-fi...
by Robert Parham | Oct 8, 2007 | Opinion
Baptists hold one of the keys to overriding President Bush’s veto last week of a bipartisan bill that would provide health insurance to millions of low-income children. Will goodwill Baptists turn the key? Or will Baptists remain morally indifferent or...
by Neville Callam | Oct 8, 2007 | Opinion
The Baptist World Alliance observes October as Hunger Month. Why is this necessary? Consider the statistics that appear on the Bread for the World Web site:–There are 854 million people across the world who are hungry, up from 852 million a year ago....
