Quotes in the News

“For John McCain to be competitive, he has to connect with the (evangelical) base to the point that they’re intense enough that they’re contagious. Right now, they’re not even coughing.”– Tony Perkins

07/03/2008 - By admin

Texas Baptist Forum: God notices lies

Does the ninth commandment not apply during political seasons?

07/03/2008 - By admin

IN FOCUS: Jesus’ preeminence & public opinion

We do not have the option of creating a Jesus who reflects our personal interests and cultural acceptance. Either Jesus is who he said he is, or Christianity is just another man-made religion with empty promises and pipe dreams.

07/03/2008 - By admin

EDITORIAL: Maybe the Pew poll really is correct

Baptists have formed friendships with people from all over the world, whose faiths are different, but whose values are similar. Could that be why relationships seem to trump Christianity’s exclusive faith claims in the recent Pew Forum's Religious Landscape Survey?

07/03/2008 - By admin

DOWN HOME: Somber, yet hopeful, Memphis afternoon

2nd Opinion: Screwtape warns against idolatry

Believers and congregations often are tempted to "baptize" their causes. C. S. Lewis warned that if the cause becomes more important than Christ, that's idolatry.

07/03/2008 - By admin

Analysis: Dobson confused at best about Obama speech, defenders say

WASHINGTON (ABP) — James Dobson thinks that Barack Obama holds to a “fruitcake interpretation” of the Constitution’s religion clauses — but Dobson’s own interpretation of a two-year-old Obama speech that occasioned the critique may be far fruitier.

06/27/2008 - By Administrator

Opinion: America’s moral center says ‘no’ to torture

(ABP) – An unprecedented bipartisan coalition of religious, political, and military leaders recently released a document expressing our shared rejection of torture and prisoner mistreatment by — or in the name of — the United States.

06/27/2008 - By Administrator

OPINION: Lawley’s Chapel and the communion of saints

A rural cemetary teaches us that eternity transcends our parochial divisions and enables us to look upon one another — no matter which “side” the person is on — as also someone worthy of the blood of Christ and the love of God.

06/24/2008 - By admin

EDITORIAL: Church discipline deserves emphasis

If we love people whose names fill our church rolls but who never darken our church doors and who live like hell, we will draw up the courage to “lovingly correct” them.

06/20/2008 - By admin

Texas Baptist Forum

The search committee that introduced the Baptist General Convention of Texas to our new executive director, Randel Everett, did an outstanding job.

06/20/2008 - By admin

DOWN HOME: Through the years, God still weaves

Here’s something I hadn’t thought all that much about until I listened carefully to Grammar: Living to be very old demands patience and faith.

06/20/2008 - By admin