by Mitch Randall | Oct 18, 2019 | Opinion
EthicsDaily spent the week in Little Rock, Arkansas, filming a promotional video for Arkansas Baptist College. The historically black college was founded in 1884 as the Minister’s Institute by the Colored Baptists of Arkansas. The primary objective was to train...
by Hannah McMahan King | Jan 18, 2019 | Opinion
This coming week, we will once again celebrate as a nation Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The commercialization and popular nature of the holiday, like with Christmas, makes it necessary, however, to also remember the “reason for the season.” Politicians and preachers...
by James L. Evans | Jan 17, 2019 | Opinion
Editor’s note: This article first appeared on Jan. 15, 2007. James L. Evans was pastor of Auburn First Baptist Church in Alabama at the time of publication. It is republished today for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday weekend, as King remains a significant model...
by Richard Wilson | Jan 16, 2019 | Opinion
Over the 33 years since the first national observance of the birth of Martin Luther King Jr., the controversial holiday has become a process of selective memory. Year by year, the day has become an echo chamber for the last few minutes of the iconic speech, delivered...
by Colin Harris | Jan 15, 2019 | Opinion
Re-reading Martin Luther King Jr.’s last book, published a year before his assassination in April 1968, has become an intriguing déjà vu experience. The title is a question: “Where Do We Go from Here – Chaos or Community?” Two earlier books, “Stride toward Freedom”...
