by Paul Schrag | May 16, 2002 | Opinion
“Your kingdom come,” we pray, as Jesus taught his disciples to do. “Teach me kingdom ways,” we sing. But what do we mean? The concept of the “kingdom of God” of which Jesus spoke often, is a fertile one, rich with meanings. The...
by Wm. Loyd Allen | May 15, 2002 | Opinion
I intended to write about Baptist response to Israel’s May 1948 declaration of independence. But I found nothing in the Baptist news journals I perused. This put me to thinking about Baptists’ seeming reluctance to speak out on larger issues of the...
by Dwight A. Moody | May 15, 2002 | Opinion
Founded, divided and freed: three words to describe the history of those who first gathered around a fresh water spring flowing from the ground in the south central hills of Kentucky. John Mulkey brought them into this part of the “Old West,” coming from...
by Melodie Davis | May 15, 2002 | Opinion
“We’re going on vacation, we are going on vacation,” Dinah, (name changed) used to say gritting her teeth as she drove to the beach. She was the single mother of two very active young boys. She and the boys made an annual trek to a beach cottage in...
by Paul Montacute | May 14, 2002 | Opinion
“The bridges of reconciliation have been knocked down,” claims an Arab Baptist pastor. “Both sides have darkened this opportunity with their satanic ways. We condemn the suicide bombers and the Israeli military!” “We believe in the right...
by Gary Leazer | May 14, 2002 | Opinion
The Buddha wrote nothing, but taught that a person gains enlightenment by following the “Middle Path” between self-indulgence and self-mortification. Worldwide: 357,000,000 United States: 780,000 Founder Siddhartha Gautama (563-483 B.C.) was born in what...
