Richard Land And Southern Baptists' Race Problem
Below the surface, the largest Protestant denomination in North America still has serious race problems, proving once again that old paradigms die hard.
Below the surface, the largest Protestant denomination in North America still has serious race problems, proving once again that old paradigms die hard.
Tony Phillips | Posted 04.04.2012
Nowadays churchgoers never know when they might catch a glimpse of hardcore porn at a school meeting to discuss their children's first communions.
Pamela Kripke | Posted 04.11.2012
I think that they are being riled up, made to think that their faith, and only theirs, has a right to impact politics and policy. I think that they are simply being used, manipulated, by the guys who want their votes. Now, how Christian is that?
Rev. Cody J. Sanders | Posted 10.03.2011
Baptists have been talking a lot about sexuality lately. And for once, I'm slightly more hopeful and impressed than I am frightened and appalled. Though, the messages are still mixed.
Alan P. Sherouse | Posted 08.27.2011
CBF was birthed by a bold and prophetic spirit. The movement organized around Baptist principles of freedom, belief in the right of every individual to relate to God apart from institution or creed.
Philip N. Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011
Where does the Black-White gap in support for marriage rights come from? The Washington Post details the last-ditch efforts by Black Christian leader...
Elisa Medhus, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011
From his unique perspective on the "other side," my son has become our "inside man" in the afterlife. In the following channeling session with psychic medium Jamie Butler, Erik shares what death is like.
Robert Marus | Posted 05.25.2011
If you live near a cemetery, that whirring sound you've been hearing all week probably owes to my Baptist forebears spinning in their graves.
Elisa Medhus, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011
As a scientist and physician, I thought I had it all figured out. You live; you die; you're done. My entire paradigm, however, underwent a cataclysmic transformation soon after the death of my son, Erik.
Mark Osler | Posted 05.25.2011
The faith that Bill Clinton and Ken Starr share is one that consistently emphasizes reconciliation and forgiveness.
David Ropeik | Posted 05.25.2011
A threat to the tribe is a threat to us individually, at the most profound level. We social human animals have evolved to depend on our tribes, literally for our survival.
AP | FRANK BAJAK | Posted 05.25.2011
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A Haitian judge said Monday he has dismissed kidnapping and criminal association charges against 10 American missionarie...
AP | EVENS SANON | Posted 05.25.2011
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — One of two Baptist missionaries still held on kidnapping charges in Haiti was released and flew to Miami on Monday, but ...
AP | FRANK BAJAK | Posted 05.25.2011
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Ten U.S. Baptist missionaries charged with child kidnapping returned to jail Friday after failing to persuade a judge to...
Maggie Van Ostrand | Posted 05.25.2011
"I decided to sue when My communications to humans were ignored by the few whose personal agendas were believed by the many," God said.
John DeBellis | Posted 05.25.2011
I'm not a religious man. What you consider prayer, I consider covering all my bases, or at worst talking to myself (and I know I'm not God, just look at my stack of unpaid bills).
Randall Balmer | Posted 05.25.2011
Warren, a Baptist, knows better. The cornerstones of the Baptist tradition are adult baptism and the principle of liberty of conscience and the separation of church and state.
Jonathan Merritt | Posted 04.18.2012