by Rob Sellers | Jun 15, 2020 | Opinion
There are many kinds of Baptists, but I find the political loyalties of certain prominent Baptists puzzling if not startling. Their devotion to Donald Trump is unwavering, despite anything he says or does that is contrary to the way of Jesus, to which they claim also...
by Michael Helms | Dec 31, 2012 | Opinion
I often hear people say that the reason for our country’s moral decline is because we can’t read the Bible in the classrooms and because we took prayer out of the schools. Recently, former Arkansas governor and Southern Baptist minister Mike Huckabee was...
by Martin Marty | Dec 20, 2012 | Opinion
Four daily newspapers greet the Martys at breakfast. The morning after the school killings at Newtown, Conn., 24 pages of these informed us, while zillions of twitters and tweets and TV and radio programs also addressed the tragedy. Readers don’t need Sightings...
by Brian Kaylor | Aug 27, 2012 | News
Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) leaders hosted a Friday afternoon conference call to rally support for the candidacy of embattled Missouri Senate nominee Todd Akin, who said women rarely become pregnant after “legitimate rape.” Former Arkansas Gov. Mike...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Mar 14, 2011 | News
A Christian polling firm found that evangelicals favor five possible Republican presidential candidates more than President Barack Obama. Even the twice-divorced, thrice-married Newt Gingrich received a higher favorability rating among evangelicals than Obama, who has...