by Tony W. Cartledge | Jan 16, 2009 | Opinion
Praise is due to the captain of US Airways Flight 1549, who achieved hero status yesterday by deftly guiding his stricken plane — filled with both passengers and fuel — to a life-saving belly landing in New York’s Hudson River. All passengers and...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jan 14, 2009 | Opinion
It shouldn’t happen this way, but sometimes it does.Daniel Goodman, professor and Bob D. Shepherd Chair of New Testament Interpretation at the M. Christopher White School of Divinity at Gardner-Webb University, died unexpectedly January 13.Goodman was just 40...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jan 12, 2009 | Opinion
When I introduce the Old Testament to my students at Campbell University Divinity School, I begin by explaining why they must grapple with methods of Bible study that go beyond what they’ve picked up in Sunday School or a straightforward devotional reading of...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jan 9, 2009 | Opinion
A longstanding (un)believability issue with results reported by the Southern Baptist Convention’s International Mission Board has resurfaced. At least two recent blogs have questioned the reliability of baptisms and church starts reported through the auspices of...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jan 6, 2009 | Opinion
Participants at the Jan. 5-6 North American Baptist Fellowship executive retreat heard a lot about leadership. The event was hosted by the Duke University Divinity School, which has used large grants form the Lilly Foundation and the Duke Endowment to create a program...
