Editorials

NCMO can build generous heart

August 24 2010 by Norman Jameson, BR Editor

My son kneeled by his son, who zealously guarded his freshly minted ice cream cone, and asked for a taste. Caleb declined the request and pulled the cone closer to himself. Nathan said, “Caleb, I want you to have a generous heart. May I have a taste?” Caleb offered the cone to his dad, who then offered Caleb a taste of his own cone. A generous heart can be cultivated and nurtur...

Build a mosque in Manhattan?

August 23 2010 by Norman Jameson, BR Editor

What is the issue for Christians in the American debate about whether or not Muslims should be “allowed” to build a mosque in Manhattan? Such a mosque would not be the first in Manhattan. There already are several and in 1991 a mosque opened at 1711 Third Ave. in upper Manhattan built with money from the governments of Kuwait, Libya and Saudi Arabia The proposed cultural center/mos...

Learn church marketing lessons from Iowa bicycle ride

August 9 2010 by Norman Jameson, BR Editor

When 10,000 bicycle riders take off from the Missouri River on Iowa’s western edge to ride nearly 500 miles to the Mississippi River on the eastern edge, every driveway entrepreneur and business on the route oils its cash register drawer. The whisk of wheels and soft grinding of chains on bikes that number 20,000 some days is the sound of a fiscal funnel pouring into the small towns the swarm...

Garland labels clergy misconduct abuse of power

July 12 2010 by Norman Jameson, BR Editor

Diana Garland speaks with the fervency of an evangelist who knows that if someone walks out the door unmoved by her message, it will be an opportunity likely lost forever. Garland, dean of Baylor University’s School of Social Work, is author of a groundbreaking study on clergy sexual misconduct in the church. “Don’t call it an affair,” she says, when a person in the emotionally powerful positi...

Heading for Hope?

June 28 2010 by Norman Jameson, BR Editor

After a year of introspection and dialog in meetings and in media, and after 2 ½ hours of debate on the convention floor Southern Baptists June 15 adopted the recommendations of the Great Commission Resurgence Task Force. Southern Seminary President Al Mohler, a task force member, said passage meant the SBC was “heading toward hope.” Hope implies expectancy and such an air certainl...

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