by Robert Parham | Sep 21, 2006 | Opinion
No political race is more telling about state of race relations within American Christianity than the one in Tennessee, where an African-American Democratic congressman is running for a U.S. Senate seat against a white Republican former mayor, who was pro-choice until...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Sep 20, 2006 | Opinion
Wonder why some of us insist that the present Republican-led debate on immigration is a race-based attempt to win votes during the upcoming close election? Consider campaign activities organized by Morgan Wilkins for the Republican Party on the campus of the...
by Sam Davidson | Sep 19, 2006 | Opinion
After the last image was shown of a Sudanese child whose future is uncertain, the theater was completely silent. The few hundred of us who came to watch “Darfur Diaries” were in a place of mixed emotions. On one hand, we were motivated to act like never...
by Robert Parham | Sep 18, 2006 | Opinion
Those of us who know Jesus know James Dobson is no Jesus. Jesus warned against the hypocrisy of faulty faith: “Woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint … and neglect justice.” “Woe” was a word of censorship that Jesus placed here on religious...
by Cliff Vaughn | Sep 15, 2006 | Opinion
Becky Fischer believes children can fix a “sick old world.” They just have to get on fire for Jesus. Fischer, an ordained Pentecostal minister, founded the “Kids on Fire” camp toward that end, and now that’s the subject of a fascinating...
by James L. Evans | Sep 15, 2006 | Opinion
Is it possible that Southern Baptists could be the key to saving the world? E. O. Wilson seems to think so. Wilson, in case you don’t know, is an Alabama native and former Southern Baptist layman. He is now one of foremost experts in the field of entomology. He...