By Bob Allen An interfaith leader and Baptist minister sent a letter Aug. 16 to presidential candidate Mitt Romney criticizing him for a campaign ad accusing President Obama of declaring “war on religion” by “forcing religious institutions to go against…
Faith leader criticizes Romney ad
By Bob Allen An interfaith leader and Baptist minister sent a letter Aug. 16 criticizing presidential candidate Mitt Romney for a campaign ad accusing President Obama of declaring “war on religion” by “forcing religious institutions to go against their faith.”…
Analyst says Romney plays religion card
By Terry Goodrich A new political ad by presidential candidate Mitt Romney accusing President Obama of “waging war on religion” is an opening salvo in religious rhetoric that likely will escalate as the November election approaches, says a Baylor University…
Pastors call for Thomas Nelson boycott
By Bob Allen A group of Cincinnati pastors and church leaders is boycotting Thomas Nelson Publishers over David Barton’s book The Jefferson Lies, saying it glosses over the third president’s racism and justifies his ownership of slaves. Black and white…
Shooting victim chooses forgiveness
By Amber Cassady From his hospital bed, one of the 58 people injured in a July 20 shooting rampage in an Aurora, Colo., movie theater that claimed 12 lives has become a spokesman for Christian forgiveness. Pierce O’Farrill, a member…
Railing at God, as God rails at us
By Bob Setzer Like most Americans, I am heartsick about the tragic shooting at a theater in Aurora, Colo. When the faces of the 12 people who died so young and full of life scroll past on my computer screen,…
Railing at God, as God rails at us
By Bob Setzer Like most Americans, I am heartsick about the tragic shooting at a theater in Aurora, Colo. When the faces of the 12 people who died so young and full of life scroll past on my computer screen,…
Prof: Kitty Wells wasn’t a feminist
By Bob Allen A Southern Baptist seminary professor and country-music devotee is challenging eulogies portraying recently deceased singer/songwriter Kitty Wells as a feminist icon. Russell Moore, dean of the school of theology and vice president for academic administration at Southern…
Why the world needs ‘Glee’
By J. Barrett Owen In a postmodern, post-denominational, post-Christian, post-religious, post-everything world, the church has floundered on developing a consistent message to help transform culture. The church attempted to entertain, but not many 20-somethings woke up to hear a bad…