by John D. Pierce | Apr 15, 2010 | Opinion
After checking into my third consecutive hotel on the last leg of an 1,150-mile run up and down I-75, my primary goal was to hit the bed as soon as possible. Five days of talking, listening and driving had exhausted me.There was no mint nor chocolate on the pillow, as...
by Larry Greenfield | Apr 15, 2010 | Opinion
Taxes are a sacrament. That’s according to James Carroll, the novelist, playwright, poet, author of such major texts as “House of War,” “Constantine’s Sword” and “Practicing Catholic” and a Monday columnist for the...
by Mike Parnell | Apr 15, 2010 | Opinion
Being a teenager is hard work. Peer pressure calls on them to conform to the demands of the group. Parental pressure pushes them to follow the ideals of their parents. And cultural pressure says they must fit into the mold to be like everyone else. It’s a wonder...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Apr 14, 2010 | Opinion
When I saw Barna’s recent report that 61 percent of unchurched adults think of themselves as Christians, and that 37 percent of non-church going adults say they have been hurt by an experience or person within the church, my first response was surprise that the...
by Robert Parham | Apr 14, 2010 | Opinion
The Weather Channel reported that during the first week of April more than 1,800 daily record highs in the United States were tied or broken. The article was an update from an earlier piece titled “July or April? Spring Skipped?” The Weather...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Apr 14, 2010 | Opinion
The story is troubling from the ground up. Professor Bruce Waltke, an evangelical Old Testament scholar who has contributed strongly to the field for many years, had to resign his teaching post on the Orlando campus of Reformed Theological Seminary (RTS) because –...