by Imam Imad Enchassi | Apr 17, 2020 | Opinion
On April 19, 1995, the morning of the Oklahoma City Murrah Building bombing, a friend of mine, Ibrahim Ahmad, was leaving to the airport to visit his family in Jordan. The plan was for him to visit his family in Jordan while his wife traveled to visit her family in...
by Mitch Randall | Apr 16, 2020 | Opinion
On April 19, 1995, I was a student at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. As I walked into my midmorning class that day, a television was broadcasting a scene that confounded me. Breaking news indicated an explosion in downtown Oklahoma...
by Preston Clegg | Nov 5, 2019 | Opinion
Second Baptist Church of Little Rock, Arkansas, placed 237 white crosses on the lawn by its parking lot in late September. We did so to honor the memory of the victims of the Elaine Massacre, which occurred 100 years ago. Along with the crosses, there was a sign which...
by Mitch Randall | Aug 8, 2019 | Opinion
The communities of El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, were attacked by domestic terrorism last weekend. Family and friends were enjoying a wonderful weekend when their American dream was destroyed by two gunmen filled with rage, anger and hate. When the bullets fell...
by Jodi Mathews | May 8, 2001 | News
Long before the days of 24-hour TV news coverage and the day Timothy McVeigh became the poster child for evildoers, the public’s right–or desire–to witness executions has been the subject of much debate. As McVeigh, sits in his cell awaiting...