by Ferrell Foster | Jan 28, 2019 | Opinion
Face-to-face encounters possess great potential for good or evil, and both possible outcomes have been illustrated over the past few days. First, Nathan Phillips and Nick Sandmann became part of our national “conversation” as a video went viral showing a grinning...
by Ferrell Foster | Jul 19, 2018 | Opinion
Every adult knows the value of neighbors. Good ones make life better; bad ones create constant stress. Jesus said to love our neighbors as we love ourselves, but he wasn’t talking about neighbors in the same way we do. He, in fact, said pretty much the opposite. A guy...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jan 4, 2018 | News
Ferrell Foster is director of ethics and justice for the Baptist General Convention of Texas’ Christian Life Commission. 1. Where did you grow up? The Pleasant Grove section of southeast Dallas. 2. What is your favorite verse, book or story in the Bible? Why?...
by Ferrell Foster | Dec 5, 2017 | Opinion
The tax bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives would roll back the 1954 law prohibiting partisan political involvement by nonprofit organizations, including churches. The Senate version that passed over the weekend does not directly address the so-called...
by Ferrell Foster | Oct 10, 2017 | Opinion
I lay for three hours on a hospital bed with pain from kidney stones. The first shot of morphine had little impact; the second got me to a much better place. This took place a few years ago. Now, I read this: “Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid analgesic...
