by Gary Furr | Jul 8, 2011 | Opinion
I immediately zoned in to the opening scenes of Terrence Malick’s new movie, “The Tree of Life,” when the haunting quotation appeared from Job 38. “Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth … when the morning stars sang...
by Gary Furr | Mar 14, 2003 | Opinion
Down by the Riverside: A Brief History of Baptist Faith is exactly what I look for to put into the hands of new converts, as a study guide for laypeople, and for new members coming to the Baptist church from other traditions. But this is certain: The responsibility...
by Gary Furr | Nov 13, 2002 | Opinion
A church too focused on the “bottom line” needs to get more interested in what is at “the bottom of our souls” and help people who are asking for it. Edward Sellner believes this hunger is not a fad but a harbinger of needed change. Sellner is...
by Gary Furr | Feb 7, 2002 | Opinion
Two articles recently crossed my desk, both of which scolded churches and pastors for our relative silence about the Enron scandal. “Are we so numbed by scandal that we don’t care anymore?” asked the authors. “Are we so numbed by scandal that...
