by Miguel A. De La Torre | Sep 17, 2007 | Opinion
Ever wonder what happens when you fry baloney? I expect puzzled looks from my students every time I ask this question. Why would anyone in their right mind fry baloney? Still, usually a few students provide the correct answer: it bubbles up. Those who know the answer...
by John D. Pierce | Sep 14, 2007 | Opinion
While working on the next print edition (October issue) of Baptists Today a concern suddenly hit me. The fear was that it might come across as though we were picking on pastors. My editorial about evangelism mentions how some preachers specialize in creating guilt. I...
by Robert Parham | Sep 14, 2007 | Opinion
Falwell is back. What are centrist-to-progressive people of faith going to do about his agenda of using pulpits to mobilize Christian voters? When Jerry Falwell first emerged with the Moral Majority in the late 1970s, a lot of centrist-to-progressive faith leaders...
by Ed Sunday-Winters | Sep 14, 2007 | Opinion
When you were young, did anyone ever call you a “fraidy cat” or a “scaredy cat?” Those phrases were usually used after someone had double-dog-dared you to do something stupid. You were actually exercising some wisdom and your double-dog-daring...
by Jenell Paris | Sep 13, 2007 | Opinion
“Max, am I going to have to blog about this?” I asked my 5-month-old while reading aloud “Pastor Provocateur,” Collin Hansen’s parting feature article in Christianity Today on Mark Driscoll of Mars Hill Church in Seattle. (The article is...
by James L. Evans | Sep 13, 2007 | Opinion
I was privileged recently to participate in a project sponsored by the Baptist Center for Ethics. The BCE folks pulled together six ministers and four politicians, along with some other interested parties, and encouraged them to talk about “the rightful role of...
