FIRST-PERSON: Wanted: Deliberately Christian parents
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--While I was in college I served on several church staffs in short-term positions. One of the things that continually bothered me is the lack of overt Christian conviction so many parents showed in respect to how they raise their children.
FIRST-PERSON: What kind of peace?
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--In Louisville, Ky., pacifism is all the rage.
FIRST-PERSON: Confessions of a 19th-century Baptist
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--As I observe some of the happenings in contemporary Baptist life, I am reminded of a truth I have known for some time. Deep down, I am a 19th-century Baptist.
FIRST PERSON: Moral absolutes — West Wing style
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--For those of us out there who are both ideological conservatives and fans of quality television, NBC's enormously popular political drama "The West Wing" presents something of a quandary. The show is undoubtedly one of the most well-written television programs on the air. At the same time, as numerous people have previously observed, The West Wing often functions as little more than the propagandistic efforts of NBC to parade the leftist political and moral views of the show's creator, Aaron Sorkin.