by Steve Ivy | Feb 21, 2002 | Opinion
Baptist, Presbyterian, Methodist and Lutheran churches were at the forefront of modern hospital development. They based their endeavors on a long tradition of Christian investment in healthcare dating to the foundations of Roman and Byzantine Christianity. Hospitals...
by Barry Howard | Feb 21, 2002 | Opinion
Parents say it to children. Teachers say it to students. And the Bible says it to us. “Please pay attention.” Inattention will get you into trouble. Inattention will get you into trouble. If you are inattentive you will inevitably disobey your parents, you...
by Cliff Vaughn | Feb 21, 2002 | Opinion
“I don’t mind if other people feel the need to get their belly buttons pierced. What I mind is when they feel the need to show me.” So said a friend at supper last week when conversation turned to body piercing. Pierced body parts are as popular as...
by Wm. Loyd Allen | Feb 20, 2002 | Opinion
From the start, Baptist freedom, polity and heart religion proved a good religious fit for African Americans. Today, more than one out of three African-American Christians is a Baptist. Before emancipation, most African-American Baptists belonged to churches and...
by Mark Wingfield | Feb 19, 2002 | Opinion
Rob Johnson was a tennis pro before becoming worship leader at Fellowship Church in Grapevine. Not the traditional path to music ministry in a Baptist church, to be sure. But Johnson’s journey into ministry resembles that of an increasing number of church...
by Gary Leazer | Feb 19, 2002 | Opinion
The word “syncretism” comes from a Greek word first used to describe rival Greek armies who joined together to fight a common enemy. It later described the combination of religious ideas to form a new religion. Syncretism is not a distinct religion. It is...
