by Gary Farley | Mar 17, 2009 | Opinion
This year marks the 300th anniversary of the first association of Baptist churches formed in what is now the United States of America. Inspired by a book by Paul Stripling, who outlines 10 Turning Points in the History of Baptist Associations in America, I offer my...
by Ircel Harrison | Mar 17, 2009 | Opinion
Doing some cleaning and rearranging at our house, I came across a paper I wrote when I was in college. OK, I haven’t saved all the papers I wrote in college or seminary, but this is a very special paper to me. In 1965, I was a senior at the University of...
by Joel Gregory | Mar 17, 2009 | Opinion
George Arthur Buttrick, the legendary Presbyterian preacher of the 20th century, insisted that all preaching is venue specific. Indeed it is. The day I preached the Southern Baptist Convention annual sermon in downtown San Antonio in June 1988, recalls a painfully...
by Mike Parnell | Mar 17, 2009 | Opinion
Clint Eastwood is one of our great directors, but this is not one of his great movies. It’s good, but not satisfying. Christine is a single parent, working at the local phone company in Los Angeles. Returning from work, she finds her son, Walter (Gattlin...
by Mike Parnell | Mar 17, 2009 | Opinion
One can watch Oliver Stone’s ‘W.’ and think that Stone is trying to tell a Greek tragedy. Much here sounds like Oedipus, but the story works from a different point of reference. This movie plays like a story from the Old Testament, with family issues...
by Cliff Vaughn | Mar 17, 2009 | Opinion
The challenge of losing weight is a staple of American reality television. Shows like “The Biggest Loser” and “Celebrity Fit Club” revolve around weight loss, while others like “Supernanny” or “Wife Swap” have included...
