by Ron Rolheiser | Aug 1, 2014 | Opinion
Sometimes everything can seem right on the surface while, deep down, nothing is right at all. We see this, for example, in the famous parable about the prodigal son and his older brother. By every outward appearance, the older brother is doing everything right: He is...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Aug 1, 2014 | Opinion
A fervent desire for social justice exists today among many Christians, but realism about the extent to which change can happen is often lacking. To address this issue two things are required. First, an inspiring call to advance the common good that is rooted in the...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 31, 2014 | Opinion
The Baptist Today website, newly remodeled less than a year ago, has some new features that many readers have yet to discover, so I want to point out two of them. The first is a “Weekly Photo,” a picture of the week submitted by one of our readers....
by Robert Parham | Jul 31, 2014 | Opinion
Baptist World Alliance leader Olu Menjay issued an urgent call for prayer about the spreading Ebola virus in West Africa, underscoring the deaths of more than 600 people mostly in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone. “The Ebola virus is serious! Our daily social...
by Vinoth Ramachandra | Jul 30, 2014 | Opinion
The pictures of Israeli civilians watching and cheering from a hilltop at the heart-rending massacre of people in Gaza by tanks and aircraft are chilling. Gaza is neither a state nor a country. It has no army. Sandwiched between Egypt on one side and the Israeli army...
by Robert Parham | Jul 30, 2014 | Opinion
Remote is a good word to describe the Aliceville Federal Correctional Institution, a prison for women located in rural Alabama. Some 55 miles west of Tuscaloosa and 35 miles east of Columbus, Mississippi, the prison is almost on the Alabama-Mississippi line. It houses...
