Bad Religion Protects the Powerful, Shields BP

Bad religion reverses the biblical imperative to protect the powerless in favor of guarding the powerful. Rather than following Jesus’ manifesto of bringing good news to the poor, some conservative Christians are delivering good news to BP. They are shielding BP...

BP’s Oil Disaster: What Would Jesus Do?

The BP disaster in the Gulf of Mexico already surpasses the Exxon Valdez disaster that unloaded 11 million gallons of oil into the Prince William Sound off the coast of Alaska in 1989. Watching the Gulf gusher spew oil makes your stomach churn. An oil slick has...

BP Oil Disaster an Unnecessary Gamble

Most of the nation recognizes by now that the risks associated with offshore oil exploration are more real than the oil industry, lawmakers and government regulators have ever admitted. U.S. and state lawmakers and regulators either failed to understand or consciously...

Land Defends BP, Blames Obama for Gulf Catastrophe

The Southern Baptist Convention’s leader on public policy issues claimed that environmentalists and President Obama are mostly to blame for oil devastation in the Gulf of Mexico. Richard Land, head of the SBC’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission,...