7 Ways to Detect Any Type of Fundamentalist

Fundamentalists always concern me – and I’m not simply thinking about the Christian fundamentalists – so do Jewish, Muslim and any other type of religious fundamentalist.  Historically, much of the world’s blood was shed by believers protecting the faith...

15 Characteristics of Great Church Leaders

A few days ago I had the opportunity to participate in a leadership conference with Greg Jones, former dean of Duke Divinity School, and John Upton, president of the Baptist World Alliance and the Virginia Baptist Mission Board. Upton listed 15 characteristics of...

Texting While Driving: An Ethical Decision?

A couple of years ago, I was working at a camp in Macon, Ga., and it was the weekend. A group of friends from our team decided to attend an Atlanta Braves game for the night. On our way home from the game, we got stuck in traffic. While waiting in the traffic, I...

Brains in chains

The struggles at Shorter University in Rome, Ga. were highlightd in the Washington Post this weekend, as the number of professors and administrators leaving the school continues to climb. Known as Shorter College for must of its life, the school was a stalwart Baptist...

Prison Issue Creates Convergence of Unlikely Parties

Prison reform has captured headlines, triggered partly by the death of Watergate figure Chuck Colson, who founded Prison Fellowship Ministries, but mostly by legislative actions at the state level. Social justice advocates and fiscal conservatives are agreeing that...