by John D. Pierce | Mar 30, 2013 | Opinion
By John Pierce A once stalwart of Christian fundamentalism, who discovered grace later in life, submitted a manuscript to our Nurturing Faith book publishing company several months ago. The book will be published in a few weeks. For many years this pastor tickled the...
by John D. Pierce | Mar 28, 2013 | Opinion
By John Pierce Selective memory can cause many Christians to wonder in amazement at why their understandings of and proclamations about what seems so clearly right to them are not readily accepted by others. There is this missing sense of awareness that credibility...
by John D. Pierce | Mar 27, 2013 | Opinion
Holy Week, it seems, is a more appropriate time for quiet reflections than loud proclamations. But Sunday is coming. John D. PierceDirector of the Jesus Worldview Initiative at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee and former executive editor and publisher at...
by John D. Pierce | Mar 23, 2013 | Opinion
By John Pierce Veteran entertainers Harry Belafonte and Tony Bennett, in an interview with CNN’s Chris Cuomo yesterday, recalled their involvement in the civil rights struggle — in particular, the tide-turning Selma to Montgomery marches in March 1965. In...
by John D. Pierce | Mar 19, 2013 | Opinion
By John Pierce There is a proverb that says, “Raise up a child to appreciate baseball and when she is on her college break she’ll go to spring training games with you.” I might have paraphrased that just a little. But this past weekend my daughter...
