by Wayne Clarke | Jul 1, 2014 | Opinion
At the same time that John Wilson was preaching the gospel and caring for the poor in Woolwich, United Kingdom, another Baptist minister named Hugh Stowell Brown was doing the same in Liverpool. From the time Brown first came to Liverpool in 1847 as a young man of 24...
by Bob Browning | Jul 1, 2014 | Opinion
An almost 40-year-old church newsletter provided the tipping point in a long, agonizing, decision-making process. Soon after I arrived at a former pastorate, I became engaged in an ongoing discussion about the need for a new sanctuary. I listened carefully to the...
by Robert Parham | Jul 1, 2014 | Opinion
The White House’s lack of credibility on war in Iraq is both inherited and created anew. “The first mistake was going into Iraq, the second was getting out,” observed Catholic writer Russell Shaw. “The first of these blunders was George...
by John D. Pierce | Jun 30, 2014 | Opinion
By John Pierce Picking up my daughter from a week of volunteerism at a camp for at-risk children meant that the leisurely Saturday drive home would be filled with enthusiastic reports of newfound friends and continuous efforts at taming a cabin full of squealing...
by Elizabeth Evans Hagan | Jun 30, 2014 | Opinion
How many times have you heard someone say, “I’m spiritual but not religious?” Oprah loves to say it on her network. Church folks love to write books about it. It’s the number-one excuse in certain parts of our world as to why folks have decided...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jun 27, 2014 | Opinion
The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship’s (CBF) General Assembly got off to a rousing start Wednesday night and continued that on Thursday and Friday with lots of emphasis on missions — and an awareness that we don’t support missions the way we used to....
