by Robert Parham | Sep 22, 2004 | Opinion
BEIRUT, Lebanon–Despite the Southern Baptist Convention’s recent withdrawal from the Baptist World Alliance–partly on charges of European liberalism–three representatives of the SBC’s International Mission Board have registered for the...
by Robert Parham | Sep 22, 2004 | Opinion
BEIRUT, Lebanon–Lebanon is a country of religious freedom with some restrictions, despite a relatively fresh heritage of a 15-year civil war fought along religious lines, which took some 100,000 lives. The “generally amicable relationship among religions...
by Joe Phelps | Sep 22, 2004 | Opinion
An enormous pastoral task awaits the religious community on Nov. 3, the day after this year’s presidential elections, no matter the outcome. Now is the time for religious leaders to anticipate this challenge and to prepare ourselves to respond to the inevitable...
by Jack Brymer | Sep 21, 2004 | Opinion
Hurricanes, famine, earthquakes, tornadoes, volcanoes: Every time we pick up the newspaper or turn on the television or radio, it seems there is yet another calamity somewhere in the world. The presence of Hurricane Ivan is a perfect example. Even before Ivan hit the...
by Ron Sisk | Sep 21, 2004 | Opinion
When the senior pastors gather around the water cooler, it’s a favorite topic. “Have you heard what my associate (music, education, youth, you-name-it) has done now?” Unfortunately, that question is often followed by a tale of woe. As more and more...
by Britt Towery | Sep 20, 2004 | Opinion
A fellow browser in a bookstore a few months ago asked me about the “Left Behind” novels that have set record sales in religious and secular bookstores the past few years. I don’t know where the fellow was coming from, but he was evidently disturbed...
