by Tony W. Cartledge | Nov 9, 2011 | Opinion
A Religion News Service article by Jeffrey MacDonald has popped up in a number of outlets lately, including the Christian Centuryʼ. Citing changes at several seminaries and an interview with Daniel Aleshire, executive director of the Association of Theological Schools...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Nov 7, 2011 | Opinion
The New York Times has an interesting online feature about Michael Pearl, pastor of a small independent church in Pleasantville, Tennessee, who has become both revered and reviled as an advocate of corporal punishment for disciplining children. Pearl self-published a...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Nov 4, 2011 | Opinion
Today I’m not thinking about those plaques we see along the road that mark civil war sites or the birthplace of a president, but objects shaped by humans to make their lives better or more beautiful. Monday marked the U.S. release of A History of the World in...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Nov 2, 2011 | Opinion
The United Nations estimated that the earth’s population surpassed seven billion on Monday (the U.S. Census Bureau thinks it will be a few days yet). The number is alarming, but not surprising. When I was in college, the world population had just topped four...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 30, 2011 | Opinion
Churches struggle mightily in deciding what to do about Hallowe’en, which is too culturally embedded to ignore and too demonically inspired to endorse. Some churches go ahead and embrace the day, reminding parishioners that it started out as the Christian...
