by Dennis Sansom | Aug 9, 2004 | Opinion
Throughout the Scriptures, people are described in highly personal, relational ways. We are neighbors, friends, sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, and enemies. We are never just called persons. Though the Genesis Creation account says God made male and female...
by Cliff Vaughn | Aug 6, 2004 | Opinion
Three years ago, Orlando Sentinel religion writer Mark Pinsky penned The Gospel According to The Simpsons: The Spiritual Life of the World’s Most Animated Family. Now he’s back with a book about the Big Mouse in his backyard: The Gospel According to...
by Robert Parham | Aug 6, 2004 | Opinion
Sitting in a Baptist World Alliance meeting last week, I heard a fragmentary, inspiring story about a young Baptist woman in India. Leena Lavanya met a prostitute on a bus. She urged the woman to leave prostitution. The prostitute asked how she would make a living if...
by Jan Turrentine | Aug 6, 2004 | Opinion
Historians say President George Washington was charged in 1789 with violating a law against unnecessarily walking or riding on Sunday when he traveled from Connecticut to New York. He was reportedly on his way to church at the time. Sales of everything from...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Aug 5, 2004 | Opinion
Here’s a pop quiz for all who believe the Bible should be taken and followed literally: 1) True or False–The Bible makes provisions for offering a sacrifice to the demonic god Azazel. 2) Homosexuals are to be: a) tolerated, b) encouraged, c) killed or d)...
by Barry Howard | Aug 5, 2004 | Opinion
How did you become a Christian? How do you describe your conversion story? How can you better help others understand the decision to become a follower of Christ? There are different kinds of conversion experiences throughout the Bible, especially in the book of Acts,...
