by Ircel Harrison | Aug 18, 2010 | Opinion
I am settling into a new Sunday school class. (It’s actually a class that I helped start several years ago and have returned to after doing some other things on Sunday mornings.) The class emphasizes freewheeling discussion and has studied an eclectic assortment...
by Mark Whitten | Aug 18, 2010 | Opinion
The controversy over the construction of a mosque two blocks from Ground Zero in New York City is escalating. The issue is being portrayed by some as a “conservative versus liberal” controversy. In fact, there are very good reasons – from a conservative...
by John D. Pierce | Aug 17, 2010 | Opinion
My meager early Sunday morning exercise was done and coffee in hand when a sleepy-eyed crowd began gathering on Market Street in downtown Chattanooga on Aug. 8. Out of love and obligation these friends and family would soon welcome triathletes to the finish line. The...
by Robert Parham | Aug 17, 2010 | Opinion
A five-day environmental meeting at Prague’s International Baptist Theological Seminary (IBTS) made the connection between global warming and meat consumption. According to the European Baptist Press (EBP) service, 85 delegates from 23 countries attended the...
by Michael Kinnamon | Aug 17, 2010 | Opinion
For thousands of families, Ground Zero in southern Manhattan is holy ground. Thousands lost someone they love in the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and hundreds of thousands know someone who was directly or indirectly scarred by the collapse of the World Trade...
by Mark Woods | Aug 17, 2010 | Opinion
The numbers being quoted about the Pakistan floods are mind-boggling. They’re inflating so rapidly that there is no point in repeating them here; they will be out of date by the time these words are read. So many millions homeless, so many evacuated, so many...
