by Paul Montacute | Aug 7, 2003 | Opinion
News reports about the most recent meeting of the Baptist World Alliance General Council focused on a 75-28 vote to accept the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship into membership. But much more went on that didn’t make headlines. This summer’s meeting in Rio de...
by Doug Weaver | Aug 7, 2003 | Opinion
It is a typical and familiar story, yet still painful to hear. A church is engulfed in a fundamentalist purge. Those wishing to “purify” the church cry liberalism. Members are accused of not believing in the Bible and are questioned about Jesus’...
by John Ewing Roberts | Aug 6, 2003 | Opinion
“Who knows why tomorrow is significant for Jews?” The teacher of our Jewish and Christian study group answered his own question. “It’s Tisha B’Av, the ninth day of the month Av.” This year Tisha B’Av falls on Aug. 7; the...
by Brett Younger | Aug 6, 2003 | Opinion
The “Gospel According to Seabiscuit” is playing to enthusiastic crowds. Laura Hillenbrand’s best-seller, Seabiscuit: An American Legend, has my parents’ seal of approval—a seldom-awarded honor for a book given to them by their son. The story...
by Dwight A. Moody | Aug 5, 2003 | Opinion
Lawyers and doctors, detectives and journalists are some of the professionals whose success hinges upon the proper use of questions. Knowing what to ask (and when and how) is often the difference between winning and losing, between life and death, between true and...
by Everett Goodwin | Aug 4, 2003 | Opinion
Bill Leonard’s new book Baptist Ways has generated anticipatory excitement for several years. Its genesis, in part, was in a decision by the Board of the American Baptist Historical Society for a new volume to continue and expand the resources offered for half a...
