‘Batman Begins’

If you go down to your local multiplex, you will probably find a movie based on a comic book. When these movies are good, they are good. When they are bad, they generally stink. Warner Bros., which is part of the media group that owns DC Comics, comes back to...

Praying for Adrian Rogers

Why must we pray for Adrian Rogers? Rogers is the recently retired pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church in Memphis, who was elected as the Southern Baptist Convention president in 1979, 1986 and 1987. He represents much that is detestable about Southern Baptist...

SBC Moves Right

The Southern Baptist Convention is transitioning from the far right to the further right. Fifteen years after fundamentalist leaders wrestled denominational control from Southern Baptist moderates and created a new power structure, they find themselves being yanked...

Teaching the Bible in Public Schools

I’m concerned that public schools are debating the inclusion of a book in its curriculum that has disturbing sections. Should our young children be exposed to certain stories? Below is a section of a book that I’m sure will disturb many Christians:...

People of the Book

The Pentagon confirmed recently that for the past two and half years, military personnel assigned to the detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba have on occasion defaced copies of the Quran—the Muslim holy book. The Pentagon identified more than a half-dozen cases in...