by James Gordon | May 12, 2014 | Opinion
I was introduced to a profound statement by William Temple many a year ago that has guided my reflections on worship. “Both for perplexity and dulled conscience the remedy is the same: sincere and spiritual worship. For worship is the submission of all our...
by Robert Parham | May 12, 2014 | Opinion
Before Boko Haram abducted some 300 Nigerian schoolgirls, drawing global condemnation, Baptist and Islamic colleagues met in Washington, D.C., in October 2012 to explore a collaborative response to this Islamic terrorist group. That meeting grew out of the deep...
by John D. Pierce | May 10, 2014 | Opinion
By John Pierce How is faithfulness defined or measured? Can one’s commitments be counted? If so, which ones? Some churchgoers of a particular generation or two remember the six-point offering envelopes that called one into account for certain actions considered to be...
by Tony W. Cartledge | May 9, 2014 | Opinion
You’ve heard of sour grapes, I suppose. It’s an expression that grew from Aesop’s fable about a hungry fox who couldn’t quite reach a bunch of grapes, and went away grousing that they were probably sour anyway. Over time, the use of a false...
by Jess Ward | May 9, 2014 | Opinion
Before you blame social media for rotting the minds of young people everywhere, causing traffic accidents, inciting bizarre and useless flash mobs and pretty much ruining the future of all humanity, consider the fact that social media is a tool. Its usefulness is...
by David Swartz | May 9, 2014 | Opinion
Several dozen scholars of religion met at the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom from April 23-25 to discuss the global history of evangelicalism in the 19th and 20th centuries. The conference–organized by Kendrick Oliver, professor of American...
