By Jeff Brumley The number of people skeptical of the Bible is rising while those who view it as sacred is dropping, according to a recent American Bible Society survey. But those findings aren’t rattling some Baptist ministers. What concerns…
SBC leader says evangelicals paying price for ‘narrow vision’ of religious freedom
By Bob Allen Loss of the historic Baptist commitment to religious liberty has left U.S. evangelicals ill-prepared for current threats to the free exercise of religion, the Southern Baptist Convention’s top spokesman for moral and public policy concerns suggested April…
Patterson urges ministers not to drink
By Bob Allen Moderate drinking and the ministry don’t mix, a Southern Baptist seminary president said in a chapel message April 2. Paige Patterson, president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, said it’s just the second time…
Let’s clear the air a bit
With RFRA being in the news again as the Supreme Court recently heard arguments on the Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood Specialties case, my mind drifted back to the last time it was in the news: when Jan Brewer vetoed…
Simple living needn’t be radical in order to be transformative
By Jeff Brumley The lifestyle of simple living may appear intimidating to those who have only read about it or know someone who practices that spiritual discipline. Does it mean having to wear hemp clothing to church, digging a well…
Mississippi religion bill gets new life
By Bob Allen A revised “Mississippi Religious Freedom Restoration Act” held up over concerns that it could legitimize discrimination against gays has passed the state legislature and is on its way to the governor. Both houses voted April 1 in…
Pastor seeks to rally black Baptists against ‘stand your ground’ laws
By Bob Allen A Florida pastor running for president of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc., is spearheading a national effort to mobilize the African-American faith community against “stand your ground” laws permitting the use of deadly force in self-defense….
A celebration
She is young, energetic and smart. She wants to study genetics. Her English is broken, but she is absolutely determined to make it perfect. She realizes that coming to the US was a chance in a lifetime. He is a…
April Fools: a treatise on the most un-Christian holiday of all times, ever
Now, Now, Children On the way to school this morning, the following conversation was heard from the back seat of my vehicular transportation, upon which were seated three young ones en route to their daily training at the local school…