by Tony W. Cartledge | Mar 25, 2011 | Opinion
A student stopped by my office to talk about reading the Bible — go figure. He was dealing with a question that divinity school students often face: once you’ve learned to dig beneath the surface and read the Bible with an academic eye, how do you go back...
by John D. Pierce | Mar 24, 2011 | Opinion
By John Pierce Neckties serve no important function — like belts. At mealtimes, they are eager targets for the slightest stray drop of salad dressing, gravy or barbecue sauce. Perhaps that’s why we see fewer of them worn in professional work environments...
by Douglas Sharp | Mar 24, 2011 | Opinion
Given the global attention received last fall by the Florida pastor who announced that he would burn the Quran on the anniversary of 9/11, I was frankly surprised to learn that he had found a way to break his promise and burn one anyway. Pastor Terry Jones and his...
by Ron Crawford | Mar 24, 2011 | Opinion
Trustees recently concluded two very productive days of meetings and brought to a conclusion the work of the Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond’s Open Door Committee. The committee was created to study and recommend changes to the seminary’s business...
by Mark Woods | Mar 24, 2011 | Opinion
The enduring image of the Japanese earthquake and the tsunami that followed – not including the real possibility of a nuclear catastrophe – may be the acres of devastation left by the great wave. Houses, cars, boats, trains. All the apparatus of ordinary existence are...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Mar 23, 2011 | Opinion
Nearly a century ago the world experienced “the war to end war.” Wars have not ended because the assumption underlying this statement remains unquestioned: Violence can rid the world of violence. The most recent evidence of this prevailing ideology is the...
