by Jim Kelsey | Jan 24, 2019 | Opinion
We were naming a room in our church building. We already had a room named after the long-term pastor of the church, who led the congregation during what was seen by the long-tenured members as the heyday of the church. Our choosing of a name had come to the point...
by David Swartz | Jan 23, 2019 | Opinion
When Joseph E. Brown, a railroad and coal tycoon and former governor of Georgia, died in 1894, the faculty of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary offered this tribute: “Governor Brown was a friend and helper of our Seminary. … He has been for years, and was at...
by John D. Pierce | Jan 22, 2019 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce My mother never traveled overseas but her one global connection was a Dutch pen pal relationship formed when the two were schoolgirls. They never met (or talked by phone to my knowledge) but enjoyed this exclusively mail-based friendship well into...
by John D. Pierce | Jan 22, 2019 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce A tiny black-and-white image of Jack Harwell — in his younger, bespectacled days — was a weekly visitor to my family’s home in northwest Georgia. It was set within his allotted words on the editorial page of The Christian Index. Even many years...
by David Wheeler | Jan 22, 2019 | Opinion
One of the most significant causes of conflict – whether between individuals or among nations – is the conviction that reality revolves around ourselves: our perceptions, our needs and our desires. Ancient biblical narratives both reflect and oppose this orientation....
by Bill Wilson | Jan 22, 2019 | Opinion
We tried something radical on Wednesday evenings at our church several years ago. Over the course of five weeks, we had prayer meetings. This was not simply the hospital list prayer meeting; this was honest prayer. One hour of prayer, five weeks in a row. Each week,...
