(Editor’s note: A major news item in the Baptist world recently has involved the fate of a Dallas church that recently announced its gay-friendly stance publicly — thus jeopardizing its longstanding affiliation with the Baptist General Convention of Texas. ABP…
Right to die or right to kill? The difference is not subtle
By Marty Duren Grandma might not get run over by a reindeer, but if influential Canadian doctors have their way, she may end up just as dead. Canadian physicians are now ready to debate the merits of euthanasia according to…
To whom much is given….
By Marty Duren Last week I had the opportunity to spend time on a medical mission in Haiti, arriving in the shaken country less than three weeks after the Jan. 12 earthquake. While the United Nations and the Red Cross…
Giving a reason for the hope
By Marty Duren Storied NFL quarterback Kurt Warner announced his retirement at a press conference Friday, January 29. With Bible in hand, Warner calmly and straightforwardly gave thanks to God, his family, his coaches and team owners before taking a…
Martin Luther King and a theology of liberation
By Marty Duren This past Monday, Jan. 17, marked the 24th year since the first official observance of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday as a national holiday. It seems some are still struggling to get it right. This year, King’s…
Brit Hume says the ‘C’-word, with predictable results
By Marty Duren Jan. 3 on “Fox News Sunday,” in a roundtable discussion of talking heads, the subject turned to sports and Tiger Woods. And then it turned to Christianity. Woods, whose well-publicized string of admitted and supposed infidelities has…