by Lois Mitchell | Apr 8, 2004 | Opinion
It has been just over a year since American military forces invaded Iraq in search of weapons of mass destruction. The “war on terrorism” has perhaps become a rationalization for American military deployment and rather heavy-handed foreign policy aimed at...
by James Browning | Apr 7, 2004 | Opinion
Imagine if a new religious group told a story on a particular holiday that depicted first-century Christians as fanatical, arrogant, disruptive followers of a cult leader named Jesus. Their story tells how these deluded followers stubbornly refused to believe the...
by Mark McEntire | Apr 6, 2004 | Opinion
Now that the rush of excitement surrounding The Passion of the Christ is over, it is time to step into the space it has provided for dialogue about the meaning of the life of Jesus. I believe the most profound question facing the church is whether the life and death...
by Jack Brymer | Apr 5, 2004 | Opinion
At about this time last year, my wife and I were prepared to leave for a volunteer mission project in Nairobi, Kenya. Fear of impending war in Iraq at the time and earlier terrorist attacks in the east African nation prompted officials of the Baptist World Alliance,...
by Robert Parham | Apr 2, 2004 | Opinion
Baptists and Jews face each other today in some ways as Esau and Jacob faced each other after their rupture 22 years earlier over the blessing of their father Isaac. We are somewhat suspicious. We cannot ignore one another. We are not sure what to do next, about what...
by Jan Turrentine | Apr 2, 2004 | Opinion
At the age of 4, Joshua Bell stretched rubber bands around the handles of his dresser drawers so that he could pluck out tunes like he’d heard his mother play on the piano. When his parents discovered what he’d done, they gave him his first violin, a...
