by Chuck Warnock | Jul 17, 2009 | Opinion
Jeff Sharlet is author of “The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism At The Heart of American Power,” the story of a secretive quasi-evangelical organization, founded in the late 1930s, which has insinuated itself into the halls of power in Washington and...
by James L. Evans | Jul 17, 2009 | Opinion
In Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland,” there is a scene where Alice and Humpty Dumpty are having a conversation about words. “‘When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty says, in a rather scornful tone, ‘it means just what I...
by David Kerrigan | Jul 17, 2009 | Opinion
Baptists have a reputation for being a missionary people. And that activism surely flows from the radical commitment of the early Baptists to the lordship of Jesus Christ and a fresh engagement with scripture. Peering through nearly 1,600 years of ecclesiastical...
by John D. Pierce | Jul 16, 2009 | Opinion
Arthur Blessitt quickly became one of the more recognizable figures of the “Jesus Movement” (hippie Christians) of the late ’60s and early ’70. He helped to make Christianity cool for young people of that era — like me.We put his little round...
by Chuck Warnock | Jul 16, 2009 | Opinion
Jeff Sharlet is author of “The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism At The Heart of American Power,” the story of a secretive quasi-evangelical organization, founded in the late 1930s, which has insinuated itself into the halls of power in Washington and...
by Ircel Harrison | Jul 16, 2009 | Opinion
In his book “How the Mighty Fall,” Jim Collins identifies the third stage as “denial of risk and peril.” One of the markers of this stage is externalizing blame. Rather than accept full responsibility for setbacks and failures, leaders point to...
