by Ryon Price | May 22, 2007 | Opinion
“Have you killed and also taken possession of the land? You have sold yourself to do what is evil in the sight of the Lord.” These are the words Elijah the prophet spoke as he pronounced God’s sentence upon King Ahab of Israel and his infamous wife...
by Britt Towery | May 22, 2007 | Opinion
There is no month like the month of May. April showers bring May flowers. On the first day of May, 50 years ago, we got more than flowers. Our ship, the S.S. President Wilson, docked that day beside the Sea Terminal in Hong Kong harbor. Now, half a century has passed,...
by Robert Parham | May 21, 2007 | Opinion
Politician Newt Gingrich grabbed for preacher Jerry Falwell’s Moral Majority mantle Saturday, hoping it might give him power to win the blessing of the Christian Right in his quest for the Republican Party’s presidential nomination. Gingrich’s...
by Amy Butler | May 21, 2007 | Opinion
There are days when I feel absolutely certain I have the weirdest job on the planet. I know that is probably not technically true, but I do have some pretty strange experiences at work. Sunday before last was no exception. I was preaching, as I usually do on Sunday...
by Robert Parham | May 18, 2007 | Opinion
Where does presidential candidate Mitt Romney stand on abortion? The word “abortion” doesn’t appear as a main topic under the “Issue Watch” tab on his official presidential Web site. Education, energy, immigration and defeating the...
by Mark Woods | May 17, 2007 | Opinion
William Carey published his “Enquiry into the Obligations of Christians to Convert the Heathens” in 1792. Its title was not exactly snappy, but its effect was seismic. From it arose the modern missionary movement. We know about this, but there is a...