by John D. Pierce | Dec 22, 2017 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce The coming of Christ was a holy interruption. It occurred in a very specific place and time — prompting the questions: Why here? Why now? Most of us grew up with idealized versions of the story from a sanitary stable to a cry-less baby to an...
by John D. Pierce | Dec 21, 2017 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce It is an interesting time to be Christian in America when so much of white evangelicalism has gone nuts. Most baffling is what is considered acceptable and what is not. And the opportunistic preachers and politicians remaking Americanized...
by John D. Pierce | Dec 15, 2017 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce Here’s a new game: Whenever someone posts a sensible political affirmation, guess how many responses it will take before an incredulous person drops the “baby killer” line into the comment stream. It has happened a lot recently following the special...
by John D. Pierce | Dec 12, 2017 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce Sometimes hope comes wrapped in tragedy. Such was the case when Alabama peanut farmer Nathan Mathis stood outside a political rally in Alabama last night holding a photo of his daughter Patti Sue who took her own life in 1995. With obvious guilt and...
by John D. Pierce | Nov 30, 2017 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce Resistance to alarmism often keeps thoughtful people from sounding needed alarms. More likely they will roll their eyes and hope “this too shall pass.” In doing so, however, such silence allows religiously-fueled alarmists — who fear nothing more...
