by Bob Cornwall | Jul 1, 2011 | Opinion
A lot of people are arguing about the meaning and the use of the Constitution of the United States. When the new Congress began, a group of Republicans decided to read an edited version (one that didn’t include the part about slaves being three-fifths of a...
by Bill Wilson | Jun 30, 2011 | Opinion
A friend recently shared with me an interesting story. When his church decided to replace the sign out front, it meant that the old one had to come down before the new one went up. For about a week, there was no sign in front of the church. During those days, no fewer...
by Molly T. Marshall | Jun 30, 2011 | Opinion
I think I have been looking for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (CBF) all my life. Little did First Baptist Church Muskogee know that allowing girls to carry the Bible in the Vacation Bible School procession might give them ideas about opening it – or consider that...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jun 30, 2011 | Opinion
Jesus, according to John 15:1, once described himself as “the true vine.” I doubt he had in mind the “kudzu Jesus” that’s been making waves in Kinston, N.C. Superstitious folk have seen Jesus through the years in everything from wood...
by Chuck Warnock | Jun 29, 2011 | Opinion
Minorities make up the majority of babies born in the United States, according to the U.S. Census. That news will have an impact on small churches. “For the first time, minorities make up a majority of babies in the U.S., part of a sweeping race change and a...
by Wendell Griffen | Jun 29, 2011 | Opinion
On the day he was inaugurated, first-term governor of Alabama, Robert Bentley, announced to an audience attending an observance of the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. that non-Christians are not his brothers and sisters. Bentley recently signed what may be the...
