by Colin Harris | Feb 2, 2017 | Opinion
Listening to the voices from both sides of our “continental divide” does little to encourage hope for a peaceful resolution to the current climate of hostility in the U.S. Inevitably, most of us find ourselves aligning with one side or the other, and the...
by Jay Abernathy | Feb 1, 2017 | Opinion
Human trafficking is a global, year-round challenge with a significant presence at major sporting events like the Super Bowl. Awareness of the problem is just the beginning. When I learned of the extent of trafficking, I became “gloriously ruined,” as Tomi...
by Neville Callam | Feb 1, 2017 | Opinion
Many people believe Baptists are a fiercely independent people – not only as individuals, but also as congregations. One reason for this opinion is the impact of American Baptist theologian and former BWA President E.Y. Mullins who, in his 1908 “Axioms of...
by Nathan Finn | Jan 31, 2017 | Opinion
Sometimes a story is just begging to be told. This might be because it’s the sort of story that keeps you on the edge of your seat. Or it might be because the story is particularly compelling. Sometimes, for any number of reasons, the original participants need...
by Michael Okwakol | Jan 31, 2017 | Opinion
I first heard of the Baptist World Alliance when I joined the staff of the Baptist Union of Uganda as travelling secretary in 1984. Ten years later, while serving as general secretary of the Baptist Union of Uganda, I got to meet some of the officials of the BWA when...
by Robert Parham | Jan 30, 2017 | Opinion
President Trump wants to wall out the undocumented. Does he want the wall to keep in the dreamers? Trump issued an executive order last week that authorized the building of a U.S.-Mexican border barrier that will run for 2,000 miles. The wall was defined as a...
