by Barry Howard | Apr 7, 2009 | Opinion
If you are on our church campus this week, you will likely notice the reverberating sounds of construction, you will hear the echo of orchestral instruments and a large chorus of vocalists rehearsing, and you will notice men of all ages curiously unshaven, some with a...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Apr 6, 2009 | Opinion
Two good friends of mine had a harrowing experience yesterday: an 18-year-old daughter went missing on the way home from a long-distance visit with friends the previous night. A frantic day of path-tracing, phone calls, visits with police and contacts with the cell...
by John D. Pierce | Apr 6, 2009 | Opinion
Getting away with family is important. So I am grateful for a spring break trip to the Cumberland Plateau of Tennessee last week. Overall, I give myself a B+ for shutting out work — which was kept to a minimum. The greatest asset was the absence of an Internet...
by Robert Parham | Apr 6, 2009 | Opinion
We are witnessing a transformative period—a distant kin to the advent of the Gutenberg printing press—that has profound consequences for civic and moral engagement. Print newspapers are going out of business. Baptist and other religious newspapers are following the...
by Paul Hood-Patterson | Apr 6, 2009 | Opinion
Many little girls and boys like to play dress-up. As a kid I wanted to be a Dallas Cowboy. I had the helmet, shoulder pads, jersey and pants. At some point, we all outgrow the childhood desire to play dress-up. Or do we? Are there some Christians today who like to...
by Mike Smith | Apr 6, 2009 | Opinion
The prospect of Easter prompts me to think about what resurrection means. Resurrection means Jesus lives. Christians know and walk with a risen Lord. We encounter Jesus not only as a figure of history but as a present living reality. Frankly, we’re often...
