by Tony W. Cartledge | Feb 9, 2009 | Opinion
A FoxNews.com report tells us that Randall Price, director of the “Center for Judaic Studies” at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., is trying to raise $60,000 so he can uncover Noah’s ark atop Mt. Ararat.Charging high fees to fundamentalist...
by Drew Smith | Feb 8, 2009 | Opinion
This past Wednesday, Feb. 4, would have been Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s 103rd birthday. Bonhoeffer’s story is familiar to many: a story about his resistance to a Hitler-controlled Germany and his participation in the plot to assassinate the Nazi leader. It was this public...
by Greg Garrett | Feb 8, 2009 | Opinion
He’s poor, this one. No advantages, nothing but his wits and determination. But he’s going to achieve his dream. And get the girl. Because that’s how this story works. It’s a familiar narrative in American life–every rags-to-riches story in the Horatio Alger...
by John D. Pierce | Feb 6, 2009 | Opinion
The pastor of Highland Hills Baptist Church in Macon, Ga., entered the coffee shop early Wed. morning and placed his breakfast order. Then he reached into his vacant back pocket.”I forgot my wallet,” he exclaimed.Fortunately, one of his faithfu…, uh,...
by James L. Evans | Feb 5, 2009 | Opinion
This past Saturday nearly 1,200 Baptists representing several diverse Baptist groups gathered in downtown Birmingham searching for a common, unifying purpose. The meeting was part of the New Baptist Covenant–an idea born in the imaginations of former President...
by Todd Heifner | Feb 5, 2009 | Opinion
Dr. Thomas E. Corts was the kind of man I wish I were. Even thinking that makes me realize just how far from reality the likelihood of that could ever be and how rare an individual he really was. Tom Corts was a believer. He believed in God and lived by God’s commands...
