by Robert Parham | Jul 2, 2007 | Opinion
A man who traces his ancestry to the slave trade in Ghana will be elected this week in that West African nation as the general secretary of the largest umbrella organization for worldwide Baptists with some 110 million members in 130 nations. Neville Callam will...
by Mike Smith | Jun 28, 2007 | Opinion
When did it become sinful to change one’s mind? When did the ability and willingness to think, learn and adjust cease to be a sign of maturity and wisdom and become the sin we labeled “flip-flop?” Don’t get me wrong. I value consistency. For...
by James L. Evans | Jun 28, 2007 | Opinion
This coming week we celebrate the 231st anniversary of the founding of our nation. All across our land there will be fireworks and parades commemorating our successful fight to free ourselves from British rule. And it is absolutely fitting and proper that we should...
by Britt Towery | Jun 27, 2007 | Opinion
Books on the Iraq tragedy continue to come off the presses with lightning speed. Nearly all of them point out the mistakes by our side in starting or managing of the invasion of Iraq. Few explain it as fully as John Agresto’s new book Mugged by Reality. I do not...
by Laura Seay | Jun 26, 2007 | Opinion
Breaking up is hard to do, but we Baptists seem to be pretty good at it, at least when it comes to our preferences about with whom and how we worship. We find points on which to disagree with an alarming regularity, define reasons to refer to one another as...
by Robert Parham | Jun 25, 2007 | Opinion
The Baptist Center for Ethics is screening two DVDs Friday, June 29, at the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship meeting in Washington, D.C. The room seats only 120 folk. So, if you are attending CBF or the American Baptist Churches meeting, come early. Come ready for good...
