by Tony W. Cartledge | Mar 4, 2009 | Opinion
The Baptist World Alliance executive committee heard good news and bad news about the organization’s financial situation March 3-4.Meeting for its semi-annual session at the BWA offices in Falls Church, Virginia, the executive committee heard General Secretary Neville...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Feb 27, 2009 | Opinion
Some people like to build models that come in a box, while others prefer to start their projects from scratch. Some folks think spending a few hours on a model car or plane is more than enough, while others may invest days or weeks.And then there’s Alec Garrard,...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Feb 25, 2009 | Opinion
We occasionally run across an expression such as “growing by degrees” or even “learning by degrees.” Lately, I’ve been getting e-mails from a scam outfit that urge me to “buy degrees.” I suspect I’m not alone.The email...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Feb 24, 2009 | Opinion
News from the past week puts in written form what most of us know either instinctively or from personal experience: The nation’s economic malaise is directly impacting both church budgets and the ministries those budgets support. Receipts are down in at least 57...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Feb 22, 2009 | Opinion
News from the past week puts in written form what most of us know either instinctively or from personal experience — the nation’s economic malaise is directly impacting both church budgets and the ministries those budgets support.Receipts are down in at...