Will we be the right kind of light to the world?

I love metaphors. I love the meaning they create. I love the dissonance they generate. I love how our imagination goes in a multitude of directions that our logical minds might not explore. All because of metaphors. Metaphors are a...

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Conflicting reports raise question about IMB’s intent

Conflicting reports about the vote totals for a new International Mission Board policy on speaking in tongues are focusing public attention on what may be a deeper disagreement about the agency’s leadership. Associated Baptist Press reported, in a Nov. 30…

With Narnia, C.S. Lewis becomes part of America’s culture wars

By Karen Long Religion News Service At a desperate moment in the book The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, as the lion’s tortured, lifeless body lies on a stone table, the writer pauses over the stricken child characters, Lucy…

Boycott called off after Target changes

A conservative group has canceled a national boycott against Target after the retailer promised to make more references to Christmas and Hanukkah in its advertising. Donald E. Wildmon, chairman of the Mississippi-based American Family Association, claimed victory by canceling the…

Warren hosts AIDS event to reverse neglect

The pastor at the Southern Baptist Convention’s largest church used a conference timed to conclude on World AIDS Day to announce a new commitment to caring for the millions of people infected with HIV and AIDS. Rick Warren, pastor of…

Volunteers assist flooded Baptist church

Hundreds of volunteers swarmed over a wrecked church deep in New Orleans’ flood zone Dec. 3, hoping to start its healing and that of the desolate neighborhood beyond with a furious outpouring of free labor. By some counts, nearly 1,000…

Christmas on a Sunday? What’s a church to do?

Bob Allen EthicsDaily.com Rather than singing O Come All Ye Faithful on Dec. 25, some mega-churches this year are opting instead for I'll Be Home for Christmas. Because Christmas this year falls on a Sunday, some of America's prominent evangelical…

Of fear and faith

Editorial for December 22, 2005 By Jim White What is your favorite Christmas phrase? If the reaction to Wal-Mart's plan to wish us a “Happy Holiday” this season is any indication, “Merry Christmas!” must be the expression of choice. I…

Letters for December 22, 2005

Immoral system of death I would like to applaud Daniel Bagby for writing “Re-examining capital punishment” [Herald, Oct. 27]. As a Baptist and a field organizer with People of Faith Against the Death Penalty, it was very encouraging to see…

The best gifts

Heritage Column for December 22, 2005 By Fred Anderson “For God so loved the world that he gave…” During this season we have decorated our Christmas tree with some of the many ornaments which we have been accumulating over the…