by Robert Parham | Jul 3, 2006 | Opinion
Australia may be known as the nation “down under,” but Australian Baptists are on top of the Baptist world in terms of advocacy for the Micah Challenge. The Micah Challenge is an ambitious initiative that presses governments to keep their pledges to...
by James L. Evans | Jul 3, 2006 | Opinion
The primaries are now over and the main races are set for November. Marriage is also safe. With the Marriage Protection amendment to the Alabama state constitution, marriages in our state are now secure from the ravages of the so-called “gay agenda.” We...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Jun 30, 2006 | Opinion
Rhetoric kills–specifically the war rhetoric emerging from Washington D.C. to justify the invasion of a country which posed no strategic threat to the United States. As we prepare to celebrate the 4th of July, we can expect many politicians to throw around...
by Randy Hyde | Jun 30, 2006 | Opinion
Sorry, Moses. I have to tell you that I’ve trumped you. I realize that the faith journey is not a competition, so please don’t hear me bragging about this. In fact, it was one of the most humbling, if not gratifying, experiences I’ve ever had. But,...
by Robert Parham | Jun 30, 2006 | Opinion
Political advocacy for the goal of the Micah Challenge to halve global poverty by 2015 finds little action among worldwide Baptists, save those in Australia. The Baptist World Aid-Australia is “the lead agency for MC, being among the largest funding bodies and...
by Robert Parham | Jun 29, 2006 | Opinion
What a difference a year makes! What a difference many of you have made for me over the past year. I have gone from no hair to hair, from no weight to the weight room, from a lot of memory holes to a lot fewer memory holes. And perhaps I’ve gone from cautious...
