by Tony W. Cartledge | Dec 29, 2012 | Opinion
In the United Kingdom and several other Commonwealth nations, the day after Christmas (or sometimes the first weekday after Christmas) is observed as “boxing day.” It has nothing to do with flyweights, welterweights, or heavyweights, but with boxes of...
by Drew Smith | Dec 28, 2012 | Opinion
Editor’s note: This column is the fourth part of a four-part Advent/Christmas series from the Gospel of Mark on waiting, hearing, repenting and believing. Read part one here, part two here and part three here. The biblical stories are replete with calls to...
by Robert Parham | Dec 28, 2012 | Opinion
Glen Stassen is EthicsDaily.com’s pick as Baptist of the Year for 2012. Stassen and Baptist peacemaking are synonymous. He has maintained a remarkable concentration on peacemaking for more than 35 years. His focus has been on the “thick” ethic of...
by Ircel Harrison | Dec 27, 2012 | Opinion
Every year our church’s Denominational Relations Committee leads a month-long emphasis on Baptist heritage. The approach each year is different, but the point is to remind us of who we are as a Baptist congregation. Someone asked this year, “Why talk...
by Michael Helms | Dec 27, 2012 | Opinion
Not long ago I sat and watched a couple of boys as they played video games. While the younger boy raced cars, the older boy played a military commando game. The object of the race was obvious: finish first. The object of the commando game was obvious, too: kill all...
by Glen Stassen | Dec 27, 2012 | Opinion
In my 1992 “Just Peacemaking” book proposing just peacemaking theory, which led to the consensus “Just Peacemaking: The New Paradigm for the Ethics of Peace and War” (1998/2003/2008), I wrote: “Rational policy must offer adversaries ways...
