by Merianna Harrelson | Sep 5, 2018 | Opinion
I grew up a fundamental evangelical in the Bible Belt. So often these two terms are lumped together that it’s hard to separate the impact of each on rhetoric and beliefs. I have to admit that I didn’t know that I was fundamental when I was growing up. The strict...
by Devon Dundee | Sep 4, 2018 | Opinion
Cussing. Swearing. Using “wordy-dirds.” Or, as Captain America puts it, “Language!” Whatever you call it, profanity is a contentious topic. Some people balk at any reference to four-letter words, while others sprinkle them into conversation without missing a beat....
by Chris Sanders | Sep 4, 2018 | Opinion
The first person stolen from Africa arrived in the North America in 1619 – 12 years after Jamestown was founded and a year before Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock. She was enslaved. Not an indentured servant, not an immigrant looking for a better life, she arrived...
by Ginger Hughes | Aug 31, 2018 | Opinion
By: Ginger Hughes It’s true that life is beautiful and full of joy. There are newly promised vows and 50th wedding anniversaries. There are babies being born and seniors graduating college. There are fabulous places to travel, backyard barbeques with friends, and...
by Michael Helms | Aug 31, 2018 | Opinion
Most of us seem to have a love/hate relationship with work. We bemoan Mondays because we have to go to work, and we love Fridays because we get off of work. Yet, if we didn’t have a job, we’d be poor as dirt and depressed. It would be a major crisis for all of us. I...
by Bill Tillman | Aug 31, 2018 | Opinion
I have supported the idea – the need – of the Baptist Center for Ethics (BCE) since before the name was applied to the entity because I knew and respected Robert Parham (1953-2017), founder of BCE / EthicsDaily.com. Robert saw the devastation happening among Baptists...
