by Mike Parnell | Feb 5, 2009 | Opinion
“My name is Harvey Milk, and I’m here to recruit you!” That was the rallying cry of America’s first gay civil rights leader. Harvey Milk (Sean Penn) was the first openly gay man elected to public office. Director Gus Van Sant tells us his story, and it is one of...
by Robert Parham | Feb 5, 2009 | Opinion
President Barack Obama gave his personal testimony and issued an altar call to follow the Golden Rule in a clear, brief statement about faith in politics at Thursday morning’s National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C. Much of what Obama said, he has said before....
by Mark Johnson | Feb 5, 2009 | Opinion
Why would a Baptist be heavily involved in an interfaith organization? Aren’t we known for our unreserved advocacy and commitment to Christian conversion? Shouldn’t our energies be focused on the advancement of gospel sharing? Is cooperation with other faiths a form...
by Britt Towery | Feb 5, 2009 | Opinion
There are those who justify suffering as part of what contributes to making strong character. Many fine writers have written from this viewpoint ”that there is value in the troubles, sorrows and traumas we encounter. The German playwright, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe,...
by Mike Parnell | Feb 5, 2009 | Opinion
I had heard that Mickey Rourke gives the performance of a lifetime in this movie. What I found was much more. “The Wrestler” presents Rourke, who plays washed-up wrestler Randy “The Ram” Robinson, as a Christ figure. You see this when Randy goes to the strip club...
by John D. Pierce | Feb 4, 2009 | Opinion
Hundreds gathered today (Feb. 4) beneath the pecan trees of the once highly-controversial Koinonia Farms near Americus, Ga., to bury and honor Habitat for Humanity International founder Millard Fuller who unexpectedly died early yesterday morning at age 74.On an...
