Two parallels and an outlier: Graham Platner, Roy Moore and Donald Trump

Another View for June 23, 2005 By Erich Bridges ‘“Is persuasion dead?” Columnist Matt Miller asked that question in a recent New York Times piece. Like many political pundits, Miller is fighting despair over the sad state of public discourse….

Editorial for June 23, 2005 By Jim White I understand the rationale for leaving the name Baptist out of so many new church starts-but that doesn't mean I like it. Conventional religious wisdom asserts that denominational loyalty is a thing…

Heritage Column for June 23, 2005 By Fred Anderson CHIAVARI, Italy – Three weeks among the Italian Baptists and we have acquired many new kissing cousins. We have never seen so much hugging and kissing except at an annual meeting…

Analysis for June 23, 2005 By Ken Camp A significant number of American teenagers are “clueless” when it comes to a working knowledge of the Bible, and that means they cannot receive a quality education, a new report indicates. A…

Showing God's love All of us know the song They Will Know We Are Christians By Our Love, but I wonder if we understand the significance of what it says. The Scriptures indicate that the early church grew because people…

First Baptist Church in Richmond-one of the oldest congregations of any denomination in Virginia-marked 225 years of ministry with a June 12 celebration that featured packed worship services, a specially-written anthem, historical displays, a luncheon and the burial of a…

Southern Baptists contributed nearly $134 million to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering this year, the second-largest total in the offerings 115-year history. When the books closed on the 2004 offering May 31, Southern Baptists had given $133,886,221.58. The amount fell…

Kenneth Taylor, whose Living Bible made Scripture understandable for millions of people, died June 10 at the age of 88 at his home in Wheaton, Ill. Taylor based his Living Bible paraphrase, first published in 1971, on existing English Bible…

A Baptist state legislator from New Jersey is taking issue with the satanic symbol and religious name of the New Jersey Devils. “This is an age where symbolism is very important,” state assemblyman Craig Stanley told the Associated Press. Stanley…

Christian groups in India are condemning attacks on four American missionaries in the western Indian state of Maharashtra on June 11. The four American missionaries-Philip Allan, Clover Edward, Craig Allen and Richard Jenal-are from a Church of Christ congregation in…

By Greg Warner Sixteen months from now, Southern Baptists should know if they have been able to reverse their evangelistic decline-or if there is a deeper problem that will require a more drastic remedy-said Bobby Welch as he concluded a…

By Greg Warner Three Baptist organizations are teaming up to provide churches with the tools to celebrate American freedoms “without watering down their devotion to God with civil religion.” The First Freedoms Project-led by Associated Baptist Press, the Baptist Joint…