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“I'd like to see the CEOs of these companies march down Wall Street in sackcloth and ashes.” Cokie Roberts The ABC news analyst was speaking on “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” about Wall Street executives who asked Washington to bail…

Who kicked out whom?

While I agree wholeheartedly with Marshall Buckles' comments online about the SBC and CBF working together [Herald, Sept. 18], he seems to have forgotten who kicked whom out of the SBC leadership and I might say, quite incriminatingly. Gerald R….

The nature of forgiveness

In your Sept. 18 issue Tom Ehrich said that “Forgiveness grows out of a determination to live ….” I am not sure what he is saying, but certainly determination to live is not a biblical basis for forgiveness, so I…

FAITHSHAPERS: Special children

I'd like to tell you about my Ann. She is autistic, and she is the bravest person I have ever met. Sometimes she disappears, and I can find her in bed under all the pillows, or under the loveseat in…

Some conservatives say: ‘A woman VP? Sure. A woman pastor? No way’

WASHINGTON (RNS) — There may never be a female pastor leading Tony Perkins' Southern Baptist congregation in Louisiana, but there could be a woman taking over the vice president's mansion in Washington. And as Perkins sees it, there's no contradiction…

Four in 10 think clergy should endorse candidates

WASHINGTON (RNS) — Four in 10 Americans believe religious leaders should be permitted to endorse political candidates from the pulpit without risking their organization's tax-exempt status, a new survey by the First Amendment Center shows. Twenty-two percent of respondents “strongly”…

Survey shows megachurches more intimate, less gullible than stereotypes

WASHINGTON (ABP) — A new survey by Baylor University researchers suggests megachurches are more intimate, believers less gullible and atheism less prevalent than popular stereotypes would suggest. Results of the 2008 Baylor Religion Survey were released in a Washington press…

Guidestone’s Hawkins urges investors to ‘stay the course’ when market drops

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP) — Even though sharp drops in the stock market have many Southern Baptist pastors worried about their retirement funds, making an emotional decision to get out of the market is unwise, the president of Guidestone Financial Resources…

Disputed Iran dinner fails to deliver on dialogue

NEW YORK (RNS) — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad dined with 300 religious and political leaders Sept. 26, but the event that drew condemnation and protest offered far less dialogue than advertised. What was promised as a discussion of how religion…

SBC leader protests

NEW YORK (BP) — Southern Baptist ethicist Richard Land was among those who rallied to protest Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's dinner meeting with members of the World Council of Churches in New York City Sept. 25. “You can put lipstick…

Remembering 9-11

NORFOLK — The young adults at Freemason Street Baptist Church in Norfolk got their hands dirty for missions at a seamen's center. Virginia Intermont College in Bristol worked with a shelter for families facing homelessness and abuse. Gayton Baptist Church…

Editor receives training in ‘Planned Gifts’

Last week, Religious Herald editor and business manager Jim White received a certificate of proficiency in planned giving from the School of Philanthropy in Indianapolis, Ind. The School of Philanthropy is operated in partnership by Indiana and Perdue universities. “In…

What you’re not seeing: Tens of thousands of children separated from parents

The way we were

Talarico’s pastor pushes back on Daily Wire’s claims

Spiritual formation is how churches learn whom to hear