by Bob Setzer | Feb 1, 2001 | Opinion
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following fictional story was written from the heart of the battle over the Georgia state flag. Any resemblance to actual persons or events is absolutely intentional. Nine-year-old Eric taps on the study door, cracks it open. “Uh,...
by Robert Parham | Feb 1, 2001 | Opinion
The American public is optimistic about the role religion can play to improve the nation’s moral quality, said a report released last month by Public Agenda, a research organization founded in 1975. Americans “see religion as a unique force especially...
by Sarah Griffith | Jan 29, 2001 | Opinion
The South Carolina Baptist Convention (SCBC) issued an e-mail memorandum today clarifying an earlier memorandum urging South Carolina pastors to endorse former Sen. John Ashcroft’s nomination in their churches. Scott Vaughan, marketing director for the SCBC,...
by Cliff Vaughn | Jan 29, 2001 | Opinion
Most of us recognize Feb. 14 as Valentine’s Day. We think of hearts, flowers, candy, cards and Cupid. These symbols dominate the holiday. And like all holiday symbols and traditions, they arose in contexts. These contexts may be seasonal, historical and...
by Bob Setzer | Jan 29, 2001 | Opinion
The highly publicized scandal of the Rev. Jesse Jackson fathering a child out of wedlock–at the very time he was counseling the President about marital infidelity–has rightly left many people reeling. It is one thing to stumble morally. But rushing in as...
by Sarah Griffith | Jan 26, 2001 | Opinion
The South Carolina Baptist Convention (SCBC) sent an e-mail memorandum to pastors today urging them to “alert South Carolinians” from their pulpits about “the need to flood” the office of Sen. Fritz Hollings, D-S.C., with requests to confirm...
