by Michael Helms | Oct 28, 2005 | Opinion
Earlier this week, someone asked me a piercing question about the Sermon of the Mount: “Where is the line between turning the other cheek and being someone’s doormat?” I found part of the answer later that day, when I heard that Rosa Parks, the...
by Robert Guffey | Oct 28, 2005 | Opinion
Near the end of the movie “Field of Dreams,” when James Earl Jones’ character explains the movement of time and history as guarded and guided by the movements of baseball, not everyone buys it. I did, because I like the game and the movie (which is...
by Robert Parham | Oct 28, 2005 | Opinion
Vice President Dick Cheney’s chief of staff, Lewis “Scooter” Libby, was indicted today in a federal grand jury investigation into the disclosure of a CIA agency’s identity. Cheney’s long-time aid submitted his resignation. President...
by Robert Parham | Oct 27, 2005 | Opinion
Nothing costs less than courage in the rearview mirror of history. Nothing is easier than praise for the departed. Nothing is more hypocritical than celebrating a virtuous life without seeking to live more virtuously. A day after Rosa Parks died, Southern Baptists...
by Anna Maffei | Oct 26, 2005 | Opinion
I represent a small convention of Baptist churches, the Italian Baptist Union, around 120 churches more or less. Sociologically speaking in Italy we are a small minority. For us it is important, therefore, to look at the life of Baptist churches and conventions...
by Michael Helms | Oct 25, 2005 | Opinion
You might think that 3-year-old children are too young to learn about cancer. You might think that cancer is a topic too heavy and deep for a teacher to be discussing with 3-year-olds. Under most circumstances that might be true. But Jan Smith’s kindergarten...
