by Sarah Griffith | Oct 10, 2000 | Opinion
Judgment Houses and Hell Houses are considered by some churches to be “evangelistic tools” combating traditional Halloween haunted houses. “[Hell] is the ultimate haunted house, which is where [visitors] will spend eternity if they do not accept...
by Robert Parham | Oct 2, 2000 | Opinion
The new Baptist Faith and Message statement is fast becoming a litmus test for leadership and employment in Southern Baptist life. John Sullivan, executive director-treasurer of the Florida Baptist Convention, said, “If you’re going to participate in the...
by Robert Parham | Sep 27, 2000 | Opinion
Democratic vice-presidential nominee Joseph Lieberman donated 3 percent of his income to charity on average over a ten-year period, according to articles in the Washington Post and New York Times. In 1990, the senator and his wife, Hadassah, reported an income of...
by Sarah Griffith | Sep 27, 2000 | Opinion
Hate groups have “rekindled [their] zeal and magnified [their] power” using the technology of Internet communication, according to a recent article. “With the help of Internet technology and cyberspace marketing, once-decrepit organizations like the...
by Cliff Vaughn | Sep 26, 2000 | Opinion
Language is losing its effectiveness, according to a recent article. “In the past 50 years, by one reckoning, the working vocabulary of the average 14-year-old has declined from 25,000 words to 10,000,” wrote David Orr in the July-August issue of Utne...
by Brent McDougal | Sep 26, 2000 | Opinion
Human rights issues, at least for now, will never win or lose presidential elections. But they do provide a gauge for how presidents will respond to human suffering once elected. Sometime in the next president’s administration, people in another country will be...
