by John D. Pierce | Sep 20, 2012 | Opinion
By John Pierce One could not grow up in the Chattanooga area in the 1960s and ’70s as I did without an awareness of Independent Baptist Fundamentalism. Highland Park Baptist Church and its related schools, Tennessee Temple, stood out. The church’s...
by John D. Pierce | Sep 14, 2012 | Opinion
By John Pierce Having the Baptists Today/Nurturing Faith staff together for three days was a real treat. Rather than firing emails at each other or joining a conference call, we sat uninterrupted for many hours to share, plan, refine and dream. The results were beyond...
by John D. Pierce | Sep 11, 2012 | Opinion
By John Pierce Friends who join me for an Atlanta Braves game often talk more about the characters they meet at Turner Field than the onfield action. Those of us seated down the left field line know one of those characters as simply “Herman.” The...
by John D. Pierce | Sep 4, 2012 | Opinion
By John Pierce My lack of a strong interest in the current national political scene saves time and a good bit of frustration. However, it does produce a slither of guilt — since buying in long ago to the importance of being an informed voter. But I think enough...
by John D. Pierce | Aug 30, 2012 | Opinion
My longtime friend and colleague Bruce Gourley owns the popular website yellowstone.net. He makes regular visits into Yellowstone National Park from his home in Bozeman, Montana. While visiting with Bruce earlier this week, he walked me along (and sometime off) some...
