by Robert Parham | Aug 30, 2010 | Opinion
Fox News host Glenn Beck muddled biblical references with fragments of American history, recreating a pottage of civil religion that says America has a divine destiny and claiming that a national revival is beginning. At the very beginning of the “Restoring...
by Peter-Michael Preble | Aug 30, 2010 | Opinion
I have a Scripture reading system in which I read first from the Gospels and then from the Epistles. I read this as well as a selection of Psalms every day. One day I came across a section of St. Paul’s letter to the Romans (13:1-7), and it caused me to pause...
by William Brackney | Aug 30, 2010 | Opinion
It’s that time of year when classes begin and all kinds of students start back to school, including people in ministry and Christian vocations seeking the highest levels of degree attainment. But there’s a lot of variety out there, raising important...
by John D. Pierce | Aug 28, 2010 | Opinion
Free concerts are held along the Chattanooga Riverfront — a few steps from my weekend abode — each Saturday evening in late summer. The artists range from country to jazz to less-clearly describable. A band called “Stratospheerius” is set to perform at the weekly...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 27, 2010 | Opinion
The Associated Press is reporting that a Las Vegas man is suing the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS) over injuries he claims to have received while baptizing more than 200 people at the Mormon temple in Raleigh.None of the young men and women he...
by Robert Parham | Aug 27, 2010 | Opinion
A short man with a neatly trimmed beard told me at the end of the worship service that he didn’t want to go against the Word of God but that he did want me to read a note he had written. He handed me a twice-folded order of worship. I thanked him and placed the...
