by Mark McEntire | Oct 12, 2004 | Opinion
Last month “Inherit the Wind,” the play by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, which is loosely based on the 1925 Scopes trial, received its first professional stage production in Nashville, Tenn. I was asked to be part of a public panel on religion and...
by Mark McEntire | Jun 23, 2004 | Opinion
I was recently asked to give an address at a celebration given for the high school graduates at our church. I offer an edited version of it here for other graduates and those around them. I thought I might make a list for you of all the big lies you have been told,...
by Mark McEntire | May 24, 2004 | Opinion
The abuse and torture of Iraqi prisoners by American soldiers and the brutal murder of Nicholas Berg have not been surprising to me in any way. The torture of enemies taken captive in war is an ancient practice. Those who bemoan these events as the result of...
by Mark McEntire | Apr 6, 2004 | Opinion
Now that the rush of excitement surrounding The Passion of the Christ is over, it is time to step into the space it has provided for dialogue about the meaning of the life of Jesus. I believe the most profound question facing the church is whether the life and death...
by Mark McEntire | Jan 26, 2004 | Opinion
On a recent Monday night in Nashville, I went to a small music club to hear a performance by a local singer and songwriter named Walt Wilkins. Wilkins played his guitar and sang, accompanied by Tim Lorsch on the fiddle and Mike Daly on the steel guitar, both of whom...
