by James L. Evans | Mar 2, 2005 | Opinion
After avoiding the issue for about as long as possible, the Supreme Court will finally take on public displays of the Ten Commandments. The high court will review two cases this term, one involving a monument on the Texas Capitol grounds and the other a posting of the...
by Cliff Vaughn | Mar 1, 2005 | Opinion
Filmed over seven years across seven countries, “Stolen Childhoods” examines the crisis of child labor—crisis, because a quarter of a billion children remain slaves to work. Production on the 85-minute documentary was completed in December 2003, and it has...
by Robert Parham | Mar 1, 2005 | Opinion
CHENNAI, India–While many Christians from America and elsewhere have responded generously with gifts to relief efforts since the Dec. 26 tsunami, how many would borrow money for victims without knowing how they would be able to repay the loan? It’s par for...
by Gary Farley | Mar 1, 2005 | Opinion
I recently came across an interesting volume dealing with early church life among the Freedmen in the South. In 1895, just 30 years after the end of the Civil War and freedom, Dr. C. O. Boothe wrote and published Cyclopedia of Colored Baptists in Alabama. Boothe,...
by Robert Parham | Feb 28, 2005 | Opinion
American and European donors often have unrealistic expectations about the rapid expenditure of their tsunami-related contributions, say those engaged in relief work and seeking a responsible use of funds. “Our donors are expecting that they give money on Monday...
by Michael Helms | Feb 28, 2005 | Opinion
NASCAR and the NBA are traveling in opposite directions on the issue of alcohol. Recently the NBA announced that it is bouncing alcohol sales in the fourth quarter in order to curb improper conduct. Apparently someone has put two and two together; the longer fans...