by Jimmy Carter | Jul 6, 2006 | Opinion
The U.S. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) turned 40 July 4, the day we celebrate our independence. But this anniversary was not a day of celebration for the right to information in our country. Our government leaders have become increasingly obsessed with secrecy....
by Robert Parham | Jul 6, 2006 | Opinion
The Baptist World Alliance will give its 2006 Human Rights Award to Gustavo Parajon, a 70-year-old medical doctor and the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Managua, at the conclusion of its annual gathering in Mexico City. An unassuming man, Parajon, joins Jimmy...
by Robert Parham | Jul 5, 2006 | Opinion
MEXICO CITY–Global Baptists need “big ears” to listen to the voice of God, said David Coffey on the opening night of the Baptist World Alliance’s annual gathering in Mexico City. “We need big ears this week,” said Coffey, the BWA...
by Cliff Vaughn | Jul 4, 2006 | Opinion
The PBS documentary series “P.O.V.” rolls out its second film tonight with the sublime “Kokoyakyu: High School Baseball.” Director Kenneth Eng captures high school baseball in Japan through a beautiful, hour-long look at two dissimilar teams...
by Robert Parham | Jul 4, 2006 | Opinion
More than 500 global Baptists are expected to gather this week in Mexico City for the general council meeting of the Baptist World Alliance, the premier worldwide Baptist organization, which the Southern Baptist Convention abandoned in 2004. “We are flourishing....
by Bruce Prescott | Jul 4, 2006 | Opinion
A newspaper religion reporter sent me an e-mail and asked what I thought the founding fathers–and specifically George Washington–meant by freedom of religion (the First Amendment). Here’s my response: The original language proposed for the First...
