by Tony W. Cartledge | Mar 12, 2010 | Opinion
When a massive earthquake struck the nation of Chile February 27, Chilean Baptists knew what to do. A network of Baptist churches involved in social ministries (Red de Testimonio Social Bautista) had studied earthquake preparedness at a conference during the past...
by Larry Greenfield | Mar 12, 2010 | Opinion
Off the hook, thank God! That’s what Christians might be thinking when they read that famous passage from 2 Corinthians in which the Apostle Paul writes that from now on we regard no one, literally, “according to the flesh” – or, as it is normally...
by Mike Parnell | Mar 12, 2010 | Opinion
“Alice in Wonderland,” directed in 3-D by Tim Burton, is a wonderful story and Tim Burton is a great director, but something is missing here. Maybe it’s that Alice appears not as a child, but as an adult. She now faces an impending proposal from...
by Robert Parham | Mar 12, 2010 | Opinion
Abundant signs suggest that political hate is up in the United States: Shooting police officers outside the Pentagon. Crashing a plane in the IRS building in Austin. Killing a guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. Killing three police officers in...
by John D. Pierce | Mar 11, 2010 | Opinion
In various ways, we have heard it said: “Today’s heresy is often tomorrow’s dogma.” What seems so certain today can seem so certainly wrong down the road. It is easy to forget how much of our thinking has changed over the years.That is why our culturally-influenced...
by Monty Self | Mar 11, 2010 | Opinion
When I started teaching ethics 14 years ago, I was asked why teach ethics. I simply replied, “Those that can, do. Those that can’t, teach.” Well, it seems that some of our major universities have taken that axiom to heart. On March 2, former Illinois...
