by Richard Wilson | Mar 25, 2014 | Opinion
Liberian Baptists are moving. Literally. Hundreds have gone on foot in the last 10 days. Hundreds more have crowded into cars and hit the roads during March. In Liberia, the roads usually hit back. Fifty miles or so outside of Monrovia, paved roads become a memory to...
by Rupen Das | Mar 25, 2014 | Opinion
How can the effectiveness of a theological seminary be assessed? Arab Baptist Theological Seminary (ABTS) recently hosted a conference organized by Overseas Council, where this question was asked. It has often been assumed that seminaries train pastors to preach,...
by Robert Parham | Mar 25, 2014 | Opinion
When we entered an administrative section of the Bibb County Correctional Facility, we observed an officer and several inmates packing up computers. Inmates were placing black monitors and hard drives in what appeared to be the original shipping containers. Dressed in...
by Alistair Ross | Mar 24, 2014 | Opinion
“Downton Abbey” offers a dramatic, romantic vision of a family in a place and time that is no more. Picturesque as it is, this ideal is not unscathed by the trauma, terror and slaughter of World War I whose anniversary is upon us. A new word entered our...
by Brian Foreman | Mar 24, 2014 | Opinion
More parents than ever are becoming accustomed to seeing the top of their teenager’s head. That is assuming that the parent is looking up from their smartphone, tablet or laptop. We live in an increasingly digitally connected society because technology has...
by William Cowley | Mar 24, 2014 | Opinion
The knock on the door came too early. I could tell, without opening an eye, that it was barely daylight. The air was crisp and dusty – just as it should be in the northern Nigeria dry season. It was Saturday and my first opportunity, in six years, to sleep late....
