by Joel Snider | Jul 2, 2013 | Opinion
“The language of a people is its fate.” So says Amos Wilder in “Early Christian Rhetoric.” This quotation has bothered me for years. Maybe, virtues determine the fate of a people. Perhaps government or economy or faith. But language? How so? In...
by Lee Camp | Jul 2, 2013 | Opinion
Yet again, middle Tennessee has made national news for another embarrassing episode of apparent bigotry. In a meeting in which a representative of the local Muslim community asked her community for an extension of graciousness and indicated her own dismay at the...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 1, 2013 | Opinion
Moneague Baptist ChurchSunday morning gave me the opportunity to visit Jamaica’s hilly interior and preach at Moneague Baptist Church, described by pastor Delroy Sittol as “a rural church in a market town.” Hill country near MoneagueMoneague is in...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 1, 2013 | Opinion
Baptist educators involved in the training of future pastors and ministers face a variety of challenges as their institutions struggle to remain faithful, relevant – and solvent Representatives from each of the six regions making up the Baptist World Alliance...
by Colin Harris | Jul 1, 2013 | Opinion
My son and grandson enjoy magic, and they’re both pretty good at it. I’m a good audience for their sleight-of-hand tricks because I’m easily distracted by what one hand is doing while the other is doing its “magic.” I understand (though...
by Robert Parham | Jul 1, 2013 | Opinion
Baptist and Muslim relationships top the agenda for global Baptist leaders who gather this week in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, for the annual conclave of the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) – much as was the case at the 2012 meeting in Santiago, Chile. One of the most dynamic...
