by John D. Pierce | Jan 16, 2019 | Opinion
By John D. Pierce Paul Baxley has long been called upon to serve in leadership roles within and beyond the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. Today the pastor of First Baptist Church of Athens, Ga., was named the fourth executive coordinator of the 27-year-old network of...
by Richard Wilson | Jan 16, 2019 | Opinion
Over the 33 years since the first national observance of the birth of Martin Luther King Jr., the controversial holiday has become a process of selective memory. Year by year, the day has become an echo chamber for the last few minutes of the iconic speech, delivered...
by Mitch Randall | Jan 15, 2019 | Opinion
On Jan. 13, President Donald J. Trump tweeted the following while sharing a video from Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.): “If Elizabeth Warren, often referred to by me as Pocahontas, did this commercial from Bighorn or Wounded Knee instead of her kitchen, with her...
by Colin Harris | Jan 15, 2019 | Opinion
Re-reading Martin Luther King Jr.’s last book, published a year before his assassination in April 1968, has become an intriguing déjà vu experience. The title is a question: “Where Do We Go from Here – Chaos or Community?” Two earlier books, “Stride toward Freedom”...
by Beth Allison-Glenny | Jan 15, 2019 | Opinion
I’ve spent a long time trying to understand how and if women are different to men. The conversation came up frequently as I discerned a call to ministry through my teen years and into university. There seemed to be two answers. The first said I couldn’t be a minister...
by David Balkum | Jan 14, 2019 | Opinion
If Johnny commits a crime and is found guilty, Johnny needs to be punished. We just take that for granted. As adults, we know how the world works. The system works the way it does … well, just because. Why even care about Johnny? Why should we even ask about why we...
