By Bob Allen A Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary graduate whose student ministry at Baylor University exploded into the Passion Movement encountering millions of students and young adults will deliver the benediction at President Obama’s inaugural swearing-in ceremony Jan. 21. The…
Pastor calls for ‘serious’ gun control
By Bob Allen A Cooperative Baptist Fellowship pastor and activist judge is asking the state of Arkansas to limit gun ownership in the same way it regulates motor vehicles, including licensure and required insurance. Wendell Griffen, pastor of New Millennium…
Mohler urges prayer for Hillary Clinton
By Bob Allen A Southern Baptist seminary president urged Christians – regardless of their political persuasion – to pray for the recovery of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, hospitalized Sunday for a potentially life-threatening blood clot near her brain….
Mohler urges prayer for Hillary Clinton
By Bob Allen A Southern Baptist seminary president urged Christians – regardless of their political persuasion – to pray for the recovery of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, hospitalized Sunday for a potentially life-threatening blood clot near her brain….
Mohler urges prayer for Hillary Clinton
By Bob Allen A Southern Baptist seminary president urged Christians – regardless of their political persuasion – to pray for the recovery of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, hospitalized Sunday for a potentially life-threatening blood clot near her brain….
Mohler urges prayer for Hillary Clinton
By Bob Allen A Southern Baptist seminary president urged Christians – regardless of their political persuasion – to pray for the recovery of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, hospitalized Sunday for a potentially life-threatening blood clot near her brain….
Hobby Lobby braces for fines
By Bob Allen Baptist-owned Hobby Lobby faces fines up to $1.3 million a day for refusing to obey a law that takes effect Jan. 1 requiring employee health-care plans to provide insurance coverage for all FDA-approved contraceptives, including methods the…
Hobby Lobby braces for fines
By Bob Allen Baptist-owned Hobby Lobby faces fines up to $1.3 million a day for refusing to obey a law that takes effect Jan. 1 requiring employee health care plans to provide insurance coverage for all FDA-approved contraceptives, including methods…
Leap off the fiscal cliff
By Miguel De La Torre Sorry, but I don’t buy all the hype about going over the so-called “fiscal cliff.” Why? Because the Bush-era tax cuts have harmed the poor. They believed that the wealthy should control the economy, for…
The illnesses of American Christianity
In his important new magnum opus, A Thicker Jesus, my friend Glen Stassen suggests that Christianity is ill in America, but in two very different ways. One form of Christianity is ill, according to Stassen, because it is essentially theologically and…
2012: A year in review
By Bob Allen Here are some of the top newsmakers of 2012 as reported by ABPnews. Obamacare Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President Albert Mohler observed in January that Health and Human Services regulations, including pregnancy in “preventive services” that insurers…
Faith leaders call for gun reform
By Bob Allen Religious leaders from various faith groups gathered in Washington’s National Cathedral Dec. 21 asking their congregations to lobby Congress for gun control and mental health reforms in the wake of recent school shootings in Newtown, Conn. Curtis…