by Seth Vopat | Jun 16, 2014 | Opinion
I was initiated into adulthood through more than the traditional graduation from high school. I will never forget that summer because I was excited to be participating in the National American Baptist Youth Gathering as a small group leader. My anticipation of an...
by Martin Brooks | Jun 16, 2014 | Opinion
I remember sometime in my educational process becoming aware of and wrestling with the term “benevolent dictator.” As a Western, independent child of the Enlightenment, I had assumed all dictators were bad dictators. I had only heard the word used in a...
by Bill Wilson | Jun 16, 2014 | Opinion
A primary issue we face in creating awareness is the burning platform syndrome. I mentioned this to a congregation’s leadership team in preparation for making a presentation about the state of the church in U.S. culture in the 21st century. One of the...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jun 13, 2014 | Opinion
Hypocrisy and willful blindness make a bad mix, especially in North Carolina budget writing. The Republican dominated legislature, which has run roughshod over the state’s former progressive reputation for the past two years, has been searching for ways to make...
by Greg Mamula | Jun 13, 2014 | Opinion
With the new “Left Behind” movie premiering this fall, many people are writing about the film and its theological implications. The film, and book series from which it is adapted, is built on a dispensational belief that Christians will be raptured—removed...
by Thomas Kidd | Jun 13, 2014 | Opinion
Owen Stanwood’s excellent book, “The Empire Reformed: English America in the Age of the Glorious Revolution,” has taken me back to my own doctoral research and first book, “The Protestant Interest: New England after Puritanism.” Stanwood...
