by Michael Leathers | May 7, 2009 | Opinion
For me to tell you that the new romantic comedy “Ghosts of Girlfriends Past” is a predictable movie is equally predictable. Anyone who’s read Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” or seen any of its cinematic variations knows exactly...
by Larry Greenfield | May 7, 2009 | Opinion
It pains me to say it, but it appears that Jesus is anti-laborer. Not “anti-labor,” mind you, since, as far as I can tell, the New Testament is silent on the rights of workers to organize. But, according to the Gospel of John (10: 11-13), Jesus despises...
by Tony W. Cartledge | May 6, 2009 | Opinion
As I lay in bed this morning, listening to the predawn serenade of our bedroom window birdie, I pondered what subject to approach in today’s blog. Several subjects came to mind, but none stood out more than the thoughts contained in David Gushee’s recent...
by Robert Parham | May 6, 2009 | Opinion
Religious liberty for Muslims was a cry from the Baptist cradle in Christian England. That call came a year after King James I published the King James Version of the Bible in 1611, one of his attempts to dampen down religious dissent. Most regrettably, future...
by Mark Johnson | May 6, 2009 | Opinion
Recent proposals by lawmakers in South Carolina and Florida to offer state-sponsored, overtly Christian license plates should have one group particularly offended. And it’s not the atheists, secular humanists or other supposed antagonists to the faith. The...
by John D. Pierce | May 5, 2009 | Opinion
The early morning radio voice of Luther Masingill — with Mom clanging around the kitchen — was the background music of my childhood and youth. After six decades, Luther is still on the air in Chattanooga to eagerly promote a benefit pancake supper in Flintstone, Ga.,...
