Importance of inter-generational interaction

by | Sep 28, 2009 | Opinion

A 5-year-old boy politely greeted the octogenarian couple at the door and escorted them to a table with Bingo cards. His peers came by to offer cake and other treats. Vineville Baptist Church in Macon, Ga., where I will turn over the pulpit to Tripp Martin in a few...

Revive Our Commitment to Liberty of Conscience

by | Sep 28, 2009 | Opinion

Editor’s note: This is the first part in a series in which Bruce Prescott, executive director of Mainstream Oklahoma Baptists, examines the future of Baptist identity. At the CBF General Assembly last July, Bill Leonard, dean of the Divinity School at Wake...

Peace in Somalia Won’t Be Achieved with Weapons

by | Sep 28, 2009 | Opinion

My students are fascinated by Somalia. Any time I use it as an example, their hands shoot up with question after question after question. I haven’t pinpointed the source of their interest, but it might have something to do with the idea of unmitigated disaster....

Some Facts You May Not Know About Crucifixions

by | Sep 28, 2009 | Opinion

If you think you know everything you need to about crucifixion and the cross, think again. During a 13-week series on The Apostles’ Creed, we arrived at this phrase about Jesus: “suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried.” So, of...

Old hands

by | Sep 28, 2009 | Opinion

This is my left hand. It’s not the most nimble of hands, but it serves me well, and since I’m a fully committed southpaw, that’s a good thing. I worked it hard this week, along with its partner, and a monstrous aerator I used on the lawn gave them...