by John D. Pierce | Aug 26, 2008 | Opinion
Stuart Shepard says he was just kidding when mounting a video campaign to pray down rain on Sen. Barack Obama’s acceptance speech this Thursday night in Denver. But his passion sounded a bit stronger than any mild attempt at humor.According to WorldNetDaily, the...
by John D. Pierce | Aug 24, 2008 | Opinion
The best one-liner from the recent Rick Warren conversations with the presidential candidates came from Democratic contender Barack Obama when the Saddleback pastor asked him to define “rich.”With a smile, Sen. Obama replied: “If you’ve sold 25...
by John D. Pierce | Aug 21, 2008 | Opinion
The Progressive National Baptist Convention (PNBC) held its annual meeting in Atlanta earlier this month. According to a Religion News Service report, the 47-year-old convention passed two dozen resolutions related to issues of justice and compassion.Certainly that is...
by John D. Pierce | Aug 19, 2008 | Opinion
The best part of the Olympics, for me, has been watching my daughters don goggles and race each other to the other end of the pool and back. They try to mimic Michael Phelp’s powerful turn — which sure beats sedentary staring at a computer screen.Each Olympics...
by John D. Pierce | Aug 17, 2008 | Opinion
Every time a preacher gains national prominence someone applies the tag of “the next Billy Graham.” In my memory, it was Southern Baptist-turned-Pentecostal TV preacher James Robison whom I first heard identified in that way — but there have been...
