by Robert Parham | Aug 15, 2011 | Opinion
The 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, falls this year on Sunday. The confluence of a national observance and a day of worship affords churches an opportunity to frame the issue from a faith perspective in a culture that will be saturated...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 14, 2011 | Opinion
So, I’ve been working my way through the lectionary texts for 2012, outlining themes and choosing texts for the 2012 Nurturing Faith curriculum producted by Baptists Today. I’ve also been in happy conversation with several pastors who believe in advance...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 12, 2011 | Opinion
The stock market isn’t the only thing that’s been trending down lately. The Barna Group, which conducts and analyzes trends relative to faith and practice, reported recently that religious behavior has declined in a variety of ways during the past 20...
by Martin Marty | Aug 12, 2011 | Opinion
“Americans Feel Warmest Toward Jews, Mainline Protestants and Catholics” was a much-discussed headline in last year’s” American Grace,” a survey-rich book on paradoxes in American religious life. The subtitle was “How Religion...
by Larry Greenfield | Aug 12, 2011 | Opinion
Jesus tells us, via the Gospels of Matthew (15) and Mark (7), that what defiles us as humans is not what goes into our mouths as physical food, what is then digested for nourishment, and what finally comes out of our bodies as waste. No, what defiles us as human...
by James L. Evans | Aug 12, 2011 | Opinion
In the last few weeks, we have witnessed for the first time in our history the downgrading of America’s credit rating. Because of partisan feuding, and an effort by Republicans to undermine President Obama’s credibility, there was very nearly a meltdown of...
