by Sybil D. Smith | Dec 16, 2008 | Opinion
Shallow roots will not yield authentic community with poor and suffering people. I can only offer what I have first received. The watching world needs to see deeply rooted faith. My little backyard garden dried up this summer. I harvested only a few tomatoes and no...
by Dwight A. Moody | Dec 16, 2008 | Opinion
Preaching is transformational: in the life of an individual, a congregation, a community, even a nation. After all, the most effective public person of the last 50 years was a Baptist preacher from Alabama. February now boasts a holiday in his memory. Which is why I...
by Mark Whitten | Dec 15, 2008 | Opinion
A problem breeding confusion on the matter of “Christian America” is the failure to distinguish between two senses of Christian “nation.” It is important to know that the Holy Trinity decision was not a church-state case. Whether the United...
by Michael Helms | Dec 15, 2008 | Opinion
If we are not loving the Lord our God with all our hearts, with all our souls, with all our strength and with all our minds and loving neighbors as ourselves (Luke 10:27), then it’s very likely that we too are a part of a crowd that has our priorities all out of...
by Wendell Griffen | Dec 15, 2008 | Opinion
Gov. Blagojevich is not guilty. He is presumed innocent of all the charges. Let us respect his right to a fair trial by acting like we understand what this means. An indictment is nothing more than an accusation by a prosecutor that the person named in the indictment...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Dec 14, 2008 | Opinion
What do people do more often when in trouble than when things are going fine?They pray, for one. And they go to church.As economic woes and jobless rates rise, so does church attendance, at least among evangelicals. This should not be surprising to those who live...
