by Robert Parham | Dec 8, 2008 | Opinion
What we are witnessing from the Big Three–Ford, General Motors and Chrysler–is nothing more than deathbed conversions. Maybe the word “earn” is as inaccurate as the word “make.” No one really earns or makes $10,000 per hour. Would...
by James L. Evans | Dec 8, 2008 | Opinion
I recently wrote a column suggesting that as Christians we could do a better job finding ways to collectively provide assistance to the least of these among us. The responses were swift and angry. I was accused of distorting the Bible in order to advance a liberal...
by Larry Greenfield | Dec 8, 2008 | Opinion
The alternatives here are not between leaving Jesus in or out of the gospel picture. Jesus figures centrally in both options, but in much different roles. In one he is the decisive object of faith. In the other he is the decisive figure who points to the object of...
by John D. Pierce | Dec 6, 2008 | Opinion
Politicians and parasites are sometimes mentioned in the same sentence — but usually not in a literal or positive sense.However, an article in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution tells how amazingly close one politician’s efforts have come to eliminating the...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Dec 5, 2008 | Opinion
An old song that I never liked claims that “Happiness runs in a circular motion.” Not so, according to Nicholas Christakis, a medical sociologist at Harvard University. He and James Fowler of the University of California recently published an article in...
by Chris George | Dec 5, 2008 | Opinion
If we are ever to find meaningful answers, we must stop asking meaningless questions. Before attending Harvard, I completed my undergraduate studies at Samford University. After graduating, I decided to attend a local school in pursuit of a divinity degree. After a...
