by Mike Parnell | Jul 31, 2009 | Opinion
When animals act like humans, we think it’s funny. Put a chimp in a suit and tie. That is comedy gold. “G-Force” attempts to mine that gold. The movie centers on a group of rodents and a fly. Three of the rodents are Guinea pigs and one a mole....
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Jul 31, 2009 | Opinion
The nation is in the midst of struggling to find a solution to a national health care system that continues to be beyond the means of average Americans. As I write these words, many congressional factions representing different ideological perspectives or special...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 30, 2009 | Opinion
Yesterday I posted the first half of a two-part report on a Baptist World Alliance forum recounting significant moments in Baptist life through the 400 years we’ve been around. The BWA’s annual gathering is currently underway in Ede, the Netherlands. The...
by John D. Pierce | Jul 30, 2009 | Opinion
Before current “prosperity gospel” preachers like Kenneth Copeland, Paula White and rightly-named Creflo Dollar hit our TV screens, there was the well-polished “Reverend Ike” calling his disciples to get wealthy by sending him money.According...
by Robert Parham | Jul 30, 2009 | Opinion
An unassuming woman without theological credentials in a male-dominated faith tradition may be one of the most transformative figures at the Baptist World Alliance’s annual gathering in Ede, Netherlands. “I’m not a theologian. I’m not a...
by Michael Leathers | Jul 30, 2009 | Opinion
The one-liners fly off the screen like rapid-fire artillery in the political satire “In the Loop,” triggering long bursts of laughter when they hit their intended targets in the audience. In between those laughs, however, the sobering truth sinks in that...
