by Gordon King | Nov 8, 2017 | Opinion
Racism and prophetic protests against racism are part of the biblical message. I wonder why we hear so few sermons in our churches about this moral issue. Perhaps Glen Stassen and David Gushee (“Kingdom Ethics: Following Jesus in Contemporary Context”) are...
by Ed Hogan | Nov 7, 2017 | Opinion
Editor’s note: This article has been revised. A reference to “an automatic gun” was changed to “a semi-automatic gun” because the weapon used by the shooter at First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, Texas, was a semi-automatic...
by Meredith Stone | Nov 7, 2017 | Opinion
Religious liberty is celebrated as one of the historic and foundational Baptist distinctives. In “Four Fragile Freedoms,” Walter Shurden wrote, “Religious freedom is the historic Baptist affirmation of freedom OF religion, freedom FOR religion and...
by Don Gordon | Nov 7, 2017 | Opinion
We have been inundated in recent days with news of random killings, racial killings and retributive killings by terrorists. The saying once was popular, “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.” Never have we yearned for this to be so true since the recent...
by Barry Howard | Nov 6, 2017 | Opinion
I inherited a few traditions early in my ministry that were common in southern rural churches. These included giving carnations to mothers on Mother’s Day, inviting members to walk forward to put their “birthday offering for the children’s...
by John D. Pierce | Nov 6, 2017 | Opinion
Jesus’ life and teachings didn’t matter very much. At least that’s the idea one gets from those U.S. Christians who see his only earthly purpose in coming to die as a penalty for human sinfulness – and then rocketing off to heaven to fix up...
