By Miguel De La Torre We expect that our medical professionals would, first, do no harm. Race and ethnic identity were a major component in the Tuskegee and Guatemalan medical experiments. Yet, ironically, they were conducted at the time that…
Churches must face depression
By Dwight Duhon One of the most compelling issues facing the church today is depression. Christians are not immune to the economic, social and countless other factors that can lead to depression, but depression among believers is not a recent…
Chaplains respond to Albert Mohler
By Paul Dodd and Herman Keizer Jr. We would be the first to defend the right of Southern Baptist and all evangelical military chaplains to serve our country’s patriotic and heroic warriors. In fact, the military chaplaincy as it has…
Fear not education
By Terry Maples I grew up in the Deep South in the 1960s and ‘70s. Neither of my parents received a high school diploma, which was not uncommon in our rural context. For many, this insular setting seemed to foster…
SBC chaplains cannot serve ‘God and country’
By Tom Carpenter The North American Mission Board has turned the Army motto on its head. They have forced their endorsed chaplains into the untenable position of either serving God or country. Given that choice, as men (NAMB forbids women to serve…
The two sides of Alzheimer’s
By LuAnne Nickell Prevost October 2007 was a monumental time for my family. That was when we received the official diagnosis my father had dementia that would lead to Alzheimer’s disease. As we researched the causes of this disease it…
The Baptist war on contraception
By Jacob Lupfer This week, the Christian right observes a leadership change in one of its most important institutions. Last year, Richard Land announced his retirement as president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission. Land’s successor…
Doing the obvious
By Colleen Walker Burroughs “How much does it cost to drill a well?” is the most frequently asked question we get at Watering Malawi. The answer, around $6,000, is based on a series of geological variables as well as the…
Jesus’ pacifism is not passive
By Joe Phelps I visited recently with a young man who is part of a crew remodeling our house. When I learned that he is an Army reservist who is home for a while from the Middle East and will…