by Leroy Seat | Mar 3, 2011 | Opinion
It was Francis Scott Key, as most of you know, who penned the words to “The Star-Spangled Banner,” our national anthem. What you may not know is that it was 80 years ago this week that Key’s composition officially became the national anthem. Key...
by Mark Woods | Mar 3, 2011 | Opinion
The extraordinary events of the last month have taken the most experienced Middle East watchers by surprise. The unthinkable is at least thinkable: the murderous regime of Col. Moammar Gadhafi in Libya is tottering and may fall, and who knows what else may follow, or...
by Leroy Seat | Mar 2, 2011 | Opinion
Editor’s note: This is part two of a two-part series on conservatism and liberalism. Last year, I published “The Limits of Liberalism.” While the book is primarily about theological liberalism rather than social or political liberalism (my main...
by Robert Guffey | Mar 2, 2011 | Opinion
Funerals may sound like a strange topic in our youth-obsessed, death-avoiding North American culture. Every day the barons of media and marketing seduce the American public out of millions of dollars by playing to the fear of aging and the greater fear that one day...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Mar 2, 2011 | Opinion
I was explaining to my “Ministry of Writing” class that the best devotional thoughts and sermon illustrations come from our personal experience, and most often deal with common experiences with which everyone can relate. As a class exercise, I threw out...
by John D. Pierce | Mar 1, 2011 | Opinion
The former Three Dollar Cafe in BuckheadBy John Pierce While spending a couple of days running around Atlanta recently, I came to two conclusions. One, I’m grateful to know my way around so well. After living and working in various parts of the city and metro...
