Your Dec. 6 article, “Lectionary helps some Baptist preachers feed their flocks a ‘balanced diet' ” generated a host of questions as I read it. I have preached for 60 years (off and on, lately) and have never used the…
Christian website offers YouTube alternative for wary Baptists
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (ABP)—Move over, YouTube. Baptists have video cameras. And they're using them, now that they have a “safe” place to share their videos online, said Bill Nix, CEO and president of Axletree Media. Axletree's E-zekiel, a website builder and…
Use care with initials
The Herald needs to exercise more care in what it prints. The phrase “Stand and deliver” leaped up off the page of the Dec. 6 front page. I thought it was used by British highwaymen robbing horse drawn coaches. The…
Two traditions inspire faithful Boy Scouts
MIDDLESEX, N.J. (RNS)—As Boy Scout Troop 114 cooked lunch during the recent Highland Games near their tents in a Middlesex County, N.J., park, a senior Scout summoned his fellow members. The Scouts huddled around tree trunks in Thompson Park and…
Setting up obstacles
I see in the Dec. 6 issue of the Religious Herald that the subject of drinking alcohol is still a problem for weak brethren. At the age of 12 I signed the pledge that the Women's Christian Temperance Union promoted….
Tech professor named most inspiring person
BLACKSBURG (RNS)—The Holocaust survivor who helped save students' lives before dying during a shooting spree at Virginia Tech last April was named by Beliefnet.com as its Most Inspiring Person of the Year. Professor Liviu Librescu, 76, was one of 32…
Jezebel
Surely, you didn't mean to publish author Lesley Hazelton's comments about her book, Jezebel: The Untold Story of the Bible's Harlot Queen. Hazelton is quoted as saying, “She was a magnificent, proud, powerful queen of Israel.” Jezebel may have been…
Does ‘Compass’ point kids in the wrong direction?
NEW YORK (RNS)—The holiday season means it's time for another Hollywood wintry blockbuster with a cast of talking animals, witches and an earnest child to point the way to truth and justice. But some Christians who applauded the Christian allegory…
Church leaders seek clarity about split between CBF, ABC benefits plans
ATLANTA (ABP)—A seven-year partnership between American Baptists and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, which has allowed CBF-related churches to buy retirement and medical benefits, will end Dec. 31. The end of the partnership is leaving some church leaders confused about the…