by Robert Parham | Jul 5, 2012 | Opinion
Noting that 40 years have passed since the first United Nations conference on environmental issues urged governments to protect the natural environment and advance sustainability, a European Baptist theologian said that the current situation is drastic. Helle Liht,...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 4, 2012 | Opinion
OK, I admit it: I played hooky from the Baptist World Alliance meetings on Wednesday. I skipped the half-hour 8:00 a.m. worship time, bypassed a Theological Education and Leadership Commission meeting (I’ll be at the others), and didn’t get back in time...
by Keith Herron | Jul 4, 2012 | Opinion
The First Amendment is an amazing bargain! It is a grand symbol of freedom itself as it offers not one, but five freedoms for the price of one. Can you name them? Here they are: â— Speech. The First Amendment says that people have the right to speak freely without...
by Robert Parham | Jul 4, 2012 | Opinion
Global Baptists paid homage in Santiago, Chile, to an Englishman, who wrote a book 400 years ago to King James of England, appealing for religious freedom at a time when kings believed that they had the divine right to determine the faith of their subjects. In a...
by Mitch Carnell | Jul 4, 2012 | Opinion
Every day of my life, I give thanks for being an American. I had nothing to do with where I was born, but I am grateful for this accident of birth. I mean no disrespect to any other country. I was born into a working-class family in upstate South Carolina. My parents...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 4, 2012 | Opinion
Tuesday at the Baptist World Alliance annual gathering, meeting in Santiago Chile this year, was given over to an opening worship service, a fine buffet lunch, and meetings upon meetings upon meetings. The BWA includes a number of organizational committees...
