I used to have a vanity plate on my car that read "mtytomb."

After reading the article "Unity blossoms at New Baptist Covenant" (Feb. 16 printed issue of the Recorder. Click here to read a longer version of the article.) I was amazed, yet I am concerned. While this event promoted unity at the same time unity in what? Much was mentioned concerning hurting people which we can see everyday around us. There was much mentioned about the problem but not a clear solution.

I could not believe you gave all this coverage to the so-called "New Covenant" Baptist organization. Do you not have the spiritual discernment to see through what was taking place?

In your (printed) issue of Feb. 16 regarding what you refer to as the "New Baptist Covenant" the tone and content of your articles seem to portray Jimmy Carter as the spokesman for all Baptists. Some time ago the media reported that Jimmy Carter made the statement that Jesus is not the only way to get to heaven, when he was trying to placate and curry favor from certain other world religions. Rather than attempting to portray Jimmy Carter as some kind of a hero, why did you not ask him if he made that statement and if he believes it to be true? If he answers yes to those two questions, and you give him a pass on that, you should read your Bible and ask yourself about your own beliefs.

The bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead remains the most controversial doctrine ever preached by the church. Evidence for this fact can easily be seen from the now infamous Jesus Seminar in 1993 when seminar fellow Thomas Sheehan, stated that "Jesus, regardless of where his corpse ended up, is dead and remains dead." The Jesus Seminar released these conclusions for those who would seek to understand and respond to "modern" Christian doctrine: