by Martin Marty | Jul 26, 2012 | Opinion
Miracles do happen. They are happening recently in the media world on the church front. Critics are responding to recent attacks on the Episcopal Church. Inspired by reports of the obvious, that that church body has experienced very significant losses of membership...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 25, 2012 | Opinion
Archaeologists are debating the significance of recent finds in Hazor (pronounced HOT-soar), an ancient Canaanite city in upper Galilee that later became an Israelite stronghold. The dig in Hazor, 2009.Of course, if they weren’t holding forth differing...
by Robert Parham | Jul 25, 2012 | Opinion
What shall we make of those who beseech the divine, but evade their own earthly responsibility? Faith without works is dead. So reads The Letter of James, a New Testament book that challenges the idea that authentic faith is only a matter of mental assent to a set of...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 25, 2012 | Opinion
While attending a breakout session during the Oasis music and worship conference sponsored by the CampbellUniversityDivinitySchool, I learned that my all-time favorite hymn was not originally titled “Amazing Grace.” It was “Faith’s Review and...
by Guy Sayles | Jul 24, 2012 | Opinion
July 18 was “World Listening Day,” and it might be a commentary on my own failure to listen well that I didn’t hear about it until the day had passed. “World Listening Day” reminds me how little time and space we have for silence, which...
by Robert Parham | Jul 24, 2012 | Opinion
Jesus’ moral agenda is summarized in Luke 4:18-19. Unfortunately, U.S. Christians in general and Baptists in particular have neglected it, especially the part about prisoners. That was the observation of former President Jimmy Carter in a video interview with...
