by Drew Smith | Dec 8, 2010 | Opinion
The start of the season of Advent, falling on Nov. 28 this year, marks the beginning of the Christian calendar. The word “Advent” comes from the Latin meaning “coming,” and the season that bears this title consists of the four Sundays before...
by Robert Parham | Dec 7, 2010 | Opinion
How many goodwill Baptists and others of faith have invested their dollars this year in moral advocacy? Not nearly enough. Active people of faith support lots of good, nonprofit causes. Many do so sacrificially. Too few give to organizations that pursue social...
by Naomi King Walker | Dec 7, 2010 | Opinion
Christians, by definition, are followers of Christ. They just differ on “how.” How should Christians walk daily with Christ? How closely? Every Christian falls in a different place along a wide spectrum of discipleship practices and intimacy with Christ....
by Wendell Griffen | Dec 7, 2010 | Opinion
What if you were required to pass through a scanning device any time you drive on a public highway? Would you consider that requirement intrusive? Would you object to being scanned and insist that government agents have some specific factual basis indicating that you...
by John D. Pierce | Dec 7, 2010 | Opinion
By John Pierce The day Sky King came to town is a special childhood memory. Not often could a youngster meet a real, television hero in person. So my family paid a visit to Brainerd Village, a popular retail destination beyond the downtown Chattanooga department...
by Ron Crawford | Dec 6, 2010 | Opinion
In the dark ages, we called it Prove the Tithe Day. It was an effort to raise money for the church’s operating budget on a single Sunday. This same idea is back in popularity as church contributions run behind budget needs in these challenging financial times....
