by Ben Leslie | Oct 2, 2002 | Opinion
Perhaps the poor will always be with us. And consequently, so must the merciful acts of Christian believers. After falling for four consecutive years, the official poverty rate in the United States rose from 11.3 to 11.7 percent in 2001. That translates into an...
by Dwight A. Moody | Oct 2, 2002 | Opinion
Recommendation: Secure a Starbucks franchise; locate it in what is now the prayer room just off the foyer. If a communion service is absolutely necessary, develop techniques to make it move a little quicker; research shows that videos during the lag time are well...
by Paul Montacute | Oct 1, 2002 | Opinion
In our instant society, let’s look at things over the long term and see how, by acting locally today, we may be able to make a difference globally over a much longer period. Some donors, both individual and corporate, who have generously given to a Baptist World...
by James L. Evans | Oct 1, 2002 | Opinion
Greed moves something else into God’s place. Our stuff becomes the source of life. We live to get and have more and more things. And these things, we believe, add meaning to our lives. Well, welcome to the real world. It’s a harsh world, too. Thousands of...
by Michael Helms | Sep 30, 2002 | Opinion
Beyond the name that’s been given you or the name you’ve made for yourself, the most important thing about your name is where it is written. Their request was denied by the German government, which has laws making harmful or dishonorable names illegal....
by Barry Howard | Sep 30, 2002 | Opinion
Although expressions of forgiveness do not always require the forfeiture of penalty or restitution, authentic forgiveness does require the relinquishment of vengeance by the offended, and it does seek the reformation of the offender. Immediately following the model...
