by Jim Hill | Mar 23, 2022 | Opinion
I grew up in a Southern Baptist pastor’s home within a denomination that has a long and tragic history of racism. The convention was founded primarily over the issue of slavery. Not only did white Baptists in the South support slavery, but they have a profound legacy...
by Jim Hill | Jan 13, 2017 | Opinion
I had the privilege to grow up in a white family of Baptists in the 1950s and 1960s, which had a commitment to racial justice and civil rights. My parents and my grandparents understood that God loved every person and that their Christian faith demanded justice for...
by Jim Hill | Dec 15, 2016 | Opinion
Life is hard work. There are so many choices and questions. How are we to know how to live a good life? How can we understand our rights and our responsibilities? How are we to know what is right and wrong or what is good and bad? At its simplest, ethics is a system...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jan 26, 2015 | News
Jim Hill is executive director of Churchnet, a ministry of the Baptist General Convention of Missouri, and president of the North American Baptist Fellowship. Jim’s articles that have appeared on EthicsDaily.com are available here. His interview at the 2014...
by Jim Hill | Jan 29, 2014 | Opinion
Charles Sheldon wrote a book in 1896 titled “In His Steps.” It was subtitled “What Would Jesus Do?” The book grew out of a series of sermons he delivered in his congregation. The thrust of his book was that Jesus was not only our Savior, but...
