by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 22, 2008 | Opinion
Could our current presidential candidates learn anything from the biblical example of David, either before or after he became king? A recent invitation to lecture on “David and Leadership” for the Smoky Mountain Institute for Christian Leadership set the...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 20, 2008 | Opinion
Today a funeral service celebrates the life of J. Marse Grant, who died October 17 after a long period of declining health. Grant was 88. Despite suffering from diabetes most of his adult life, he controlled it with a careful diet and managed to become one of Baptist...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 17, 2008 | Opinion
A recent discovery may not find its way into an Indiana Jones movie, but I found it intriguing: a diverse group of scientists and archaeologists has isolated the bacterium that causes tuberculosis from human bones that are more than 9,000 years old.The article has...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 15, 2008 | Opinion
I attended an academic conference for relatively new professors in Chicago last weekend, and it was a positive experience that gave me a chance to meet and learn from other theological school professors from all around the U.S. and Canada.The meeting included round...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 13, 2008 | Opinion
Walking our demonic dog beneath a full moon, I marveled at how sharp our shadows were against the faded pavement of our subdivision street — and I pondered what lay behind it.The sun, for one thing, around 93 million miles away. Somewhere on or near the surface...
