by Miguel A. De La Torre | Apr 16, 2007 | Opinion
I am honored today to participate in a press conference in our nation’s capitol. Basically, I, along with several hundred clergy from around the nation, gather to urge Congress to pass two pieces of legislation before them: the hate-crime bill and the Employment...
by James L. Evans | Apr 11, 2007 | Opinion
It is a familiar scene. You are walking along a busy sidewalk when suddenly a shabbily dressed man or woman approaches and asks for any loose change. What do you do? We have all been told that any money we give goes for drugs or alcohol. We are also told that giving...
by Jim White | Apr 10, 2007 | Opinion
The trustees of the North American Mission Board took an unprecedented step March 19 when they unanimously elected Geoff Hammond to be NAMB’s new president. What makes his election interesting to Virginia Baptists is that he comes to the position from the...
by Robert Parham | Apr 9, 2007 | Opinion
Baptist leaders claim they have no authority over autonomous churches to police clergy who sexually abuse children. “We believe in the autonomy of the local church,” wrote Frank Page, president of the Southern Baptist Convention. “[T]he local church...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Apr 9, 2007 | Opinion
Just as First World conditions exist among the elite in the Third World, Third World conditions exist in the First World. According to data released from the Internal Revenue Service, the share of U.S. income in 2005 that went to the top 1 percent of Americans...
by Richard Wilson | Apr 6, 2007 | Opinion
Our Lenten journey is over. Our pilgrimage of faith merely has reached a resting place. Season by season–Advent, Epiphany, Lent, Easter–we move through many journeys. Taken together they define our pilgrimage of faith. Each Sunday we celebrate the hope of...
