by John D. Pierce | Sep 21, 2007 | Opinion
Editors and writers, of which I am both, learn quickly that not all readers have the same opinion of our work. This is most obvious when we receive very different feedback to the same article or column. Immediately following the release of the September issue of...
by John D. Pierce | Sep 18, 2007 | Opinion
Country music singer Rodney Atkins has a line about getting “discount knowledge at the junior college.” My introduction to post-secondary education came at what was then called Dalton Junior College in northwest Georgia.Though it lacked the academic prestige of...
by John D. Pierce | Sep 14, 2007 | Opinion
While working on the next print edition (October issue) of Baptists Today a concern suddenly hit me. The fear was that it might come across as though we were picking on pastors. My editorial about evangelism mentions how some preachers specialize in creating guilt. I...
by John D. Pierce | Sep 11, 2007 | Opinion
Carlton Pearson fell from one of the coveted peaks in evangelical Christianity a few years back — and it had nothing to do with inappropriate relationships usually associated with disgraced star preachers. Before the fall, Bishop Pearson preached to a flock of about...
by John D. Pierce | Sep 6, 2007 | Opinion
The Columbus, Ga., newspaper recently carried a front-page story about a prominent Baptist church and its longtime pastor reconciling after some difficulty. It was encouraging to read. But in response to the online version of the story, someone named Rick posted a...
