by Steve McSwain | Sep 14, 2010 | Opinion
There’s been plenty in the news about the fundamentalist Christian congregation in Gainesville, Fla., that talked about burning the Quran and the debate about the mosque near Ground Zero. Personally, I hope that the mosque is built on the proposed site in New...
by Gene Davenport | Sep 14, 2010 | Opinion
Several writers have noted that Glenn Beck’s recent rally was a clear example of American civil religion. A little noted incident at the rally, however, was Beck’s remark that when revelation was being given in ancient Israel, it also was being given on...
by Mark Woods | Sep 14, 2010 | Opinion
The forthcoming visit of the Pope to the United Kingdom seems to be generating far less interest than organizers had hoped, which is a pity. We do not have to be Catholics to recognize that with all his human fallibilities – though the word is rather provocative, come...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Sep 13, 2010 | Opinion
I was up at dark-thirty this morning, working on a big pot of scratch-made chicken & dumplings (including the dumplings) for a Monday “soup group” of faculty and staff at Campbell, when I realized that I take considerable comfort in knowing how to...
by Robert Parham | Sep 13, 2010 | Opinion
A Southern Baptist minister kept his word to burn a copy of the Quran on Saturday. Bob Old, former pastor of First Baptist Church in Joelton, Tenn., and Danny Allen, who first identified himself to the Tennessean as an associate pastor but would not disclose the name...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Sep 13, 2010 | Opinion
Supporters of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina (CBFNC) who cherish traditional Baptist principles will want to join a conversation currently under way regarding the organization’s “foundational statements.” My guess is that many...
