by Tony W. Cartledge | Nov 9, 2011 | Opinion
A Religion News Service article by Jeffrey MacDonald has popped up in a number of outlets lately, including the Christian Centuryʼ. Citing changes at several seminaries and an interview with Daniel Aleshire, executive director of the Association of Theological Schools...
by Mark Woods | Nov 9, 2011 | Opinion
The resignation of Graeme Knowles as the dean of St. Paul’s Cathedral caps – if it does not yet complete – a remarkably tumultuous period in the cathedral’s history. It is really too soon to pronounce on exactly what has gone wrong and right, and who are...
by Bill Wilson | Nov 9, 2011 | Opinion
A friend recently shared with me a daily devotion that pointed out the story in Exodus 17 regarding Moses’ arms. As long as Moses held his staff with his arms aloft, the Israelites prevailed in their battle with the Amalekites. When he grew weary, Aaron and Hur...
by Robert Parham | Nov 9, 2011 | Opinion
G-20 governments voted last week to fight tax evasion at the same time that Citizens for Tax Justice released a report on American corporations that evaded the federal income tax. Associated Press reported that the world’s rich nations might raise billions of...
by John D. Pierce | Nov 8, 2011 | Opinion
By John Pierce When our daughter was playing in a softball league several years ago, another dad asked me out of the blue: “You ever been to the Holy Land?” “Yes,” I replied. “How long did it take to get there?” “Oh, about 10...
by Rob Sellers | Nov 8, 2011 | Opinion
Many persons feel they “know” Baptists as a group because of the unkind words of a few Baptist individuals or denominations. Indeed, some very public Baptists have made statements highly offensive to persons of other faiths – and, perhaps surprisingly,...