by Richard V. Pierard | Jun 24, 2010 | Opinion
The “Texas Schoolbook Massacre” – the term given by the media to the action in May by a conservative majority on the Texas State Board of Education to rewrite the social studies and history guidelines for state textbooks – has attracted a storm of...
by Mike Parnell | Jun 24, 2010 | Opinion
In November 1995, my oldest son and I discovered Woody, Buzz and Andy. That next year, on Halloween, my son dressed as Buzz Lightyear. As my son grew, we walked in the footsteps of Woody, Buzz and Andy. Why Andy? Because in “Toy Story,” “Toy Story...
by John D. Pierce | Jun 24, 2010 | Opinion
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship moderator Hall Bass of Arkansas told the group’s governing body yesterday that he has appointed a 14-member task force to look at the CBF organizational model that has evolved over the past two decades. Pastor David Hull (pictured)...
by Robert Parham | Jun 23, 2010 | Opinion
When Washington Post columnist E. J. Dionne called me after the presidential election of Frank Page at the June 2006 Southern Baptist Convention, he asked if Southern Baptists were moderating. I scoffed at his suggestion. He cited me challenging his thesis with two...
by David Kerrigan | Jun 23, 2010 | Opinion
Evangelical theology has served us well over the last 50 years. In a sea of shifting sands (cultural, spiritual and ethical), evangelicalism has been a robust defender of the faith and has served to strengthen the church. It has shaped who I am as a Christian, and I...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jun 23, 2010 | Opinion
Can you imagine a competition in which you won $1.2 million, then watched it swim away because of a technicality?Imagine the heartache felt by the captain of the Citation, a fishing boat participating in Morehead City’s Big Rock Blue Marlin tournament. Early in...
