by John D. Pierce | Dec 11, 2010 | Opinion
By John Pierce For a brief moment today I was 10 years old again. Mesmerized by the animated window displays at Miller Brothers Department Store in Chattanooga and soaking up all the excitement of the Christmas season, and wondering how to spend the whole quarter my...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Dec 10, 2010 | Opinion
The Advent season comes cloaked in beauty, striding into the long, dark days of December wearing shimmering garments of hope, peace, love, and joy — and God knows, we need all of those things. We need to be reminded of just how much God wants for us, and the...
by Robert Parham | Dec 10, 2010 | Opinion
Editor’s note: This is the second of several dispatches on the Muslim-Baptist mission trip to Tanzania. Read the first here. A mosquito-repellent net now protects a Tanzanian family in which the father bears the Arabic name of Jesus, the mother bears the name...
by Greg Wright | Dec 10, 2010 | Opinion
In a paper I delivered at Belmont’s Past Watchful Dragons conference in 2005, I offered the following conclusion: The astonishing success of the “Harry Potter” and “Lord of the Rings” film franchises has demonstrated that today’s...
by James L. Evans | Dec 10, 2010 | Opinion
Each year at Christmas, everyone in my family gets a new ornament for our Christmas tree. We seek out ornaments that reflect what’s going on in our life at the time. Once we find the ornament we want, we write our name on it and the year. The new ornament takes...
by Wendell Griffen | Dec 9, 2010 | Opinion
President Obama and Republicans in Congress appear willing to continue the national pastime of pandering to the wealthy at the expense of the needy. According to news reports, Republican leaders in the U.S. Senate are willing to support legislation to extend...
