by Bill Wilson | Mar 27, 2014 | Opinion
Churches are not the only institutions wrestling with the transition from a tradition-bound orientation toward a more relevant contemporary life. In recent years, I have had the opportunity to watch two universities model how to adapt and redefine in the face of a...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Mar 27, 2014 | Opinion
In his book, “Christ: A Crisis in the Life of God,” Jack Miles offers an imaginative scene revealing the subversive, revolutionary politic of Jesus. A preacher begins the sermon with the well-known proclamation, “the last will be first and the first...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Mar 26, 2014 | Opinion
Less than a day after World Vision U.S. president Rich Stearns announced that the billion-dollar charity’s board had voted not to discriminate against potential employees in legal same-sex marriages, he released a second statement announcing that the board had...
by Cliff Vaughn | Mar 26, 2014 | Opinion
One of the real pleasures of documentary filmmaking is getting to spend some intentional time with people – that is, directed moments together that can include conversation, observation, contemplation. People of all ages have impressed me, but perhaps no group more so...
by Vinoth Ramachandra | Mar 26, 2014 | Opinion
More than 400 Nepali migrant workers have died on Qatar’s building sites since the Gulf state won the bid to host the soccer World Cup in 2022. At the same time, more than 20 Indian laborers die on average every month on Qatar’s construction sites....
by Larry Coleman | Mar 26, 2014 | Opinion
We live in a world that moves through seasons. We adjust by having different expectations and finding different hopes in each season. The church has always had a seasonal calendar of its own. Baptists, coming out of their Puritan roots, developed their own seasonal...
