by John D. Pierce | Nov 16, 2009 | Opinion
Pastor Julie Pennington-Russell told me she found a FedEx package from the Georgia Baptist Convention (GBC) when she arrived at the First Baptist Church of Decatur, Ga., yesterday. It contained a letter from GBC Executive Director J. Robert White, the mouthpiece of...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Nov 16, 2009 | Opinion
An article in the New York Times recently explored arguments for the existence of a “God gene” and its potential evolution among humans.Say what?It’s not a particularly new idea: archaeologists, anthropologists, and other varieties of social...
by Robert Parham | Nov 15, 2009 | Opinion
The Baptist State Convention of North Carolina voted last week to deny churches the opportunity to give through the convention to the Baptist Center for Ethics, thereby ending an almost 20-year partnership. No state convention executive or elected leader ever called...
by James L. Evans | Nov 15, 2009 | Opinion
The continuing flux in the stock market has created a near constant state of anxiety in the financial world. The roller coaster behavior of the Dow, along with its erstwhile companion the Nasdaq Stock Market, has been so unpredictable for the past year that even...
by Bob Setzer Jr. | Nov 15, 2009 | Opinion
Along with most Americans, I am still reeling from the Fort Hood shootings. That 13 brave soldiers, pledged to defend my life and liberty, were struck down by a madman on our native soil breaks my heart and turns my stomach. That the alleged gunman was a psychiatrist...
by John D. Pierce | Nov 14, 2009 | Opinion
Martina McBride is wrapping up “Do you see what I see?” when my car radio comes on early this morning. Then Bing Crosby starts to proclaim: “It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.”No it’s not, Bing. It’s Nov. 14 with...
