by Ron Crawford | Sep 23, 2010 | Opinion
A friend and I have an ongoing conversation about the importance of affinity groups. He suggests affinity relationship may take the place of denominational structures in the future. In this particular dialogue, I am the voice of conservatism. Denominational bodies...
by John D. Pierce | Sep 23, 2010 | Opinion
The old joke starts with the question: “What are the last words of a redneck?” The answer: “Hey, ya’ll, watch this!” If you don’t at least smile, you grew up differently from many of us who rarely enjoyed a youthful day without dares, double-dares and daredevils....
by Robert Parham | Sep 22, 2010 | Opinion
American Christians are living in a divisive time of profound paranoia and deliberate deception – much of it advanced by Christian politicians, those the prophet Ezekiel might identify as the false shepherds. Two Texas office holders, both Southern Baptists,...
by Michael Ruffin | Sep 22, 2010 | Opinion
I’m sitting in a motel room in Decatur, Ga., some 180 miles from my home in Fitzgerald, Ga., as I write this. I’m here because yesterday morning someone in our church family had surgery in Macon (more or less halfway between Fitzgerald and Atlanta) and...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Sep 22, 2010 | Opinion
I readily admit that I’m a product of the West, and South Asian Islamic culture is largely alien to me. Even so, it’s hard for me to imagine how any culture could be as cruel to women and girls as the one portrayed in this article about life in...
by John D. Pierce | Sep 21, 2010 | Opinion
Giles Fraser, a priest at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London told a BBC radio audience recently, according to Religion News Service, that some weddings can feel like “an overblown vanity project.” Many clergy, he said, prefer conducting funerals that...
