by Drew Smith | Mar 25, 2009 | Opinion
The story of John the Baptist is a familiar narrative to most Christians. We imagine John as a wild man preaching in the desert about repentance and calling people to be baptized. We also visualize John baptizing Jesus, a significant starting point to Jesus’ ministry....
by Robert Parham | Mar 24, 2009 | Opinion
Preacher Keith Thomas received six checks totaling $60,000 from a woman who had written only 10 days earlier a $25,000 personal check to his associate pastor, a man leaving the staff of First Baptist Church of West Palm Beach, Fla., after only a few years of...
by Ircel Harrison | Mar 24, 2009 | Opinion
In the recent past, the leadership of organizations was built on a mechanistic model. There was a clear organizational chart, decisions flowed from the top down, and responsibilities were codified in job descriptions. The primary responsibility of each succeeding...
by John D. Pierce | Mar 23, 2009 | Opinion
Most families with special needs children do not receive the nurture, support and care of a local congregation. That’s what my friend Bill Neal, president of Developmental Disabilities Ministries, told me recently.The reason, he explained, is that most churches...
by Larry Greenfield | Mar 23, 2009 | Opinion
It’s clearly created for good works. The 2009 BMW 535i xDrive Sport Wagon, that is. No, you don’t buy this one for style. That’s not the point. If style and good looks are what you’re after, drift over to somewhere else in the showroom or visit another dealer. ...
by Keith Herron | Mar 23, 2009 | Opinion
The oldest newspaper in the great Northwest (and Seattle’s oldest business) rolled off the presses for the last time on March 16 – meaning the March 17 paper will be a collector’s item for the future – the last print copy of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The Hearst...
