About Alabama — Home Rule and the Alabama Constitution
A state constitution provides the framework within which governmental decisions are made. Some decisions affect the whole state and should be made by general laws
Time for a Name Change?
Most Southern Baptists were stunned by the headlines announcing a possible name change for the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). After SBC President Bryant Wright announced
Are you on Facebook?
The Oct. 6 issue of The Alabama Baptist noting that Internet giants are guilty of religious discrimination seems all the more reason to question the
Immigration bill
Many of our powerful legislators who wrote the immigration bill are Christians, some even Baptists. I would like to beseech them to practice the most
Young adults
On the front page of the Oct. 13 edition was an article titled “‘Judgmental’ churches driving young adults away.” Should pastors quit using the Old
Mormonism, Christianity and Politics
The uneasy relationship between Mormonism and Christianity became front-page news a few weeks ago when Robert Jeffress, pastor of First Baptist Church, Dallas, publicly endorsed
A Thought for Women — Goodbyes hard but important
By Jean Roberson I’m not good at goodbyes. But how many of us really are? Some of us want to avoid them, while others cannot
