by Mark Tidsworth | Jul 8, 2019 | Opinion
A clergy colleague recently posted an interesting meme on my Facebook page: “If you are over 45 and don’t have an under-30 mentor – not mentee, mentor – then you are going to miss fundamental shifts in thinking that are happening.” A few days before, another colleague...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jul 8, 2019 | Opinion
Volunteering or serving others is the most common expression of generosity among practicing U.S. Christians, according to a Barna Group report published June 19. “Practicing Christians self-identify as Christian, attend church at least once a month, either somewhat or...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 7, 2019 | Opinion
The 2019 Baptist International Conference on Theological Education (BICTE) wrapped up July 7 with a panel discussion featuring 11 representative global pastors, counselors, and theologians responding to questions raised by participants in the meeting, which drew about...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 7, 2019 | Opinion
Bible scholars have long speculated about the origins of the Philistines, who showed up in southern Palestine during the transition from the Late Bronze Age to Iron Age I, somewhere around 1200 BCE. After failing to conquer Egypt in a sea battle that cost the...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 6, 2019 | Opinion
The second day of the Baptist International Conference on Theological Education got underway with a stirring paper by Valérie Duval-Poujol of France on the subject of “Bible Translations and How They Have Affected Women’s Engagement in the Church and...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 5, 2019 | Opinion
Every five years or so, the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) sponsors a conference with the ungainly acronym of BICTE: the Baptist International Conference on Theological Education. Meeting either before or after the BWA’s Annual Gathering, the conference generally...
