MURFREESBORO, N.C. — With 15 years of experience in relations and outreach work through educational institutions and non-profits in America and overseas, Lou Ann Gilliam is a welcome addition to Chowan University as the new director of church and community…
Play the ball where it lays
Recently I heard the story of a golf course that had quite a unique problem — a monkey infestation. (I think this course must have been in India!) It created all kinds of issues on the golf course. The golfers…
OUT LOUD
“Sadly, the constituency for human rights and religious freedom issues is growing smaller and smaller in Washington and in this Congress. These issues have become second-class citizens in this Congress and in this town.” Rep. Frank Wolf The Republican congressman…
WINN RECOMMENDS
Scripture and the Authority of God, N. T. Wright (HarperOne) Few theological ideas seem more pivotal as well as more problematic that getting some kind of agreement on what exactly the Scripture is — what does Scripture do for us…
TRENDING: New Zealand clues — Elder-led governance
“I left you behind in Crete for this reason, so that you should put in order what remained to be done, and should appoint elders in every town, as I directed you” (Titus 1:5, NRSV). It is standard Baptist…
VITAL SIGNS: Recalculating
It comes in a variety of accents. It can be a man’s voice or a woman’s (my favorite is the female Australian). It can break your heart or serve as a warning. It will mock you. It will scold you….
Leonard named to Wake’s new chair of Baptist studies named for Dunns
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (ABP) — Church history professor Bill J. Leonard has been named the first James and Marilyn Dunn Chair of Baptist Studies at the Wake Forest University School of Divinity, officials at the school in Winston-Salem, N.C., announced Sept….
OPINION: Whom shall we kill?
Troy Davis has been denied clemency by the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles. Our country witnesses, once again, a flawed system at work. From the pope to Jimmy Carter, leaders are calling for a stay in the execution,…
Briton says sharing faith means providing better understanding of God
GLORIETA, N.M. (BP) — Seeing a life changed because of Jesus will draw people to faith, says Dennis Pethers, a British evangelist who closely observes dynamics in the United Kingdom’s increasingly post-Christian society. A former atheist, he credits C.S. Lewis…