Alma Hunt had a healthy appetite. Among her thousands of stories which she delighted in retelling on herself, there was the story of the man who observed the petite Miss Hunt eating and exclaimed, “You have an amazing appetite!” And…
OUT LOUD
“The church is not reducible to the flaws and the futilities and the fragilities of one's human capacity. We're all human and fragile.” Michael Eric Dyson The Georgetown University professor was speaking at a church about why black members don't…
RIGHT OR WRONG?
My widowed mother is retired and survives on Social Security. After many years of living alone, she met a wonderful man she loves dearly. They want to marry, but because of potential loss of Social Security income, they are thinking…
Most evangelicals, Baptists tolerant, even universalist, survey suggests
WASHINGTON (ABP) — A massive survey of Americans’ religious views shows that Baptists, like the overall population, generally are socially tolerant of other faiths. It also suggests that most Americans and most Baptists are, effectively, universalists. The latest results are…
Most evangelicals, Baptists tolerant, even universalist, survey suggests
WASHINGTON (ABP) — A massive survey of Americans’ religious views shows that Baptists, like the overall population, generally are socially tolerant of other faiths. It also suggests that most Americans and most Baptists are, effectively, universalists. The latest results are…
Defending minorities is very Baptist, Wright-Riggins tells BJC banquet
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (ABP) — Baptists, of all people, should defend the rights of minorities against the majority, an American Baptist leader told supporters of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty June 20. “To live with the minority experience is…
Defending minorities is very Baptist, Wright-Riggins tells BJC banquet
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (ABP) — Baptists, of all people, should defend the rights of minorities against the majority, an American Baptist leader told supporters of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty June 20. “To live with the minority experience is…
Love & Marriage: What happens when cohabitating couples want to join the church?
DALLAS (ABP) — When the nice young couple presenting themselves for membership in your church is shacking up, how should the congregation respond? Churches likely will face this and other tough questions as society’s definition of family continues to evolve….
Love & Marriage: Couples counting down to wedding consider program time well-spent
LEWISVILLE, Texas (ABP) — For many couples, it’s like the seconds before a new year’s exciting beginning. For a few, it’s more like the panic of watching a ticking bomb. Newlywed Brooks Monroe insists counting down the days to his…
Love and Marriage: Church, state uneasy bedfellows in recognizing legal marriages
WASHINGTON (ABP) — In all of America’s brouhaha over whether legalizing same-sex marriage will sully the institution’s sanctity, very few Christians are asking one important question: When — and why — did the government get into the sanctification business in…
Young CBFers, responding to Sherman, call for end to bitter anti-SBC rhetoric
ATLANTA (ABP) — In response to controversial comments at the recent Cooperative Baptist Fellowship General Assembly, a group of younger CBF supporters has called for an end to “old rhetoric” and for renewed attention to the world’s needs. Seven leaders…
OBU trustees name social science school for longtime supporter
ARKADELPHIA, Ark. (ABP) — In appreciation for “consistent and generous support” for Ouachita Baptist University, trustees named the Arkansas school’s social-science division for Buddy Sutton, a prominent Little Rock attorney. Trustees voted June 12 to honor Sutton, a long-time Ouachita…