by Dwight A. Moody | Dec 12, 2002 | Opinion
Transforming our festivals of faith into seasons of intercession may help counter the hate and despair that fuels the call to kill. They published a Ramadan prayer guide calling on Christians to pray for the conversion of Muslims. This is not necessarily a bad idea....
by Paul Schrag | Dec 12, 2002 | Opinion
Media critic Marshall McLuhan said in 1964 that “the medium is the message.” He was talking about television. The most important thing about TV, McLuhan suggested, is not the messages it delivers but the way it delivers them. TV changes the way people...
by Robert Parham | Dec 11, 2002 | Opinion
When the world’s best known Baptist was named the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, Southern Baptist media and opinion-shapers uttered hardly a word. The Southern Baptist Convention’s news service, Baptist Press, did not even carry a news article...
by Gary Burton | Dec 10, 2002 | Opinion
What has tarnished our image? The answer is simple, but most stumble over it: We are now defined by our policies instead of our principles. Controlling, alienating policies. What has brought about the mutation of the Baptist image in the public mind? There is a...
by James L. Evans | Dec 10, 2002 | Opinion
During their annual convention in November, Alabama Baptists adopted a resolution affirming the words “under God” as part of the pledge of allegiance. The resolution was adopted in response to a decision by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals this summer that...
by Michael Tutterow | Dec 9, 2002 | Opinion
In Living on Purpose, Christine and Tom Sine offer a roadmap toward a less stressed, more satisfying and purposeful way of life. The Sines, who consult for Christian and secular organizations around the world, are well-known practitioners of purposeful living, and the...
