by James L. Evans | Oct 15, 2010 | Opinion
Gambling is going to play a huge role in Alabama’s political campaign this year – that is glaringly obvious. We have already seen high-profile arrests stemming from alleged vote-buying in connection with a previous attempt to legalize casino gambling in the...
by Mike Parnell | Oct 15, 2010 | Opinion
If you venture to the theater to see “Secretariat,” I am sure most of you will love it. Walt Disney Studios has made several of these sports-themed movies that are very popular and generate a large box office. Diane Lane is nice in this role and may get...
by John D. Pierce | Oct 14, 2010 | Opinion
Bad songs and political ads have me hitting the scan button on my car radio quite often. Yesterday that exercise led to my discovery of some good reasons to reject Christianity. Jay Sekulow was hosting his talk show on Freedom Radio and promising to protect my...
by Ron Crawford | Oct 14, 2010 | Opinion
Images for ministry are really important. They frame the way we think about our jobs. My seminary education provided several images for ministry: shepherd (find the lost one), prophet (tell it like it is and they will ignore you), priest (get used by the system),...
by Drew Smith | Oct 14, 2010 | Opinion
What is the role of the church in society? What does it mean for Christians to be in the world but not of the world? How do we remain faithful to our Christian confession and identity but also engage the culture around us? These are important questions for us to...
by Robert Parham | Oct 14, 2010 | Opinion
Our culture needs its collective mouth washed out with soap. The N-word, the F-bomb, the GD-punctuation, the misuse of Jesus’ name, the misappropriation of the word “Christ” as an exclamation point, the BS-expletive – all flood the public square. ...
