by Mark Johnson | Oct 9, 2008 | Opinion
The world changed forever on July 16, 1945. Somewhere in the remote basin of the Jemez Mountains in northern New Mexico, the first nuclear bomb was detonated. Though this was just a test, secretly and simultaneously two other nuclear bombs were being prepared for...
by James L. Evans | Oct 9, 2008 | Opinion
What is the real purpose of a National Day of Prayer? I have often been puzzled by efforts to get large numbers of people praying about something. Is the assumption being made that God only responds to a critical mass of people praying. That until a certain number is...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 8, 2008 | Opinion
My friend David Stratton recently drew my attention to a potential issue arising from the U.S. government’s plan to shore up the banking system by buying up mortgage debt: what if one of those bundles of debt includes your church mortgage?If the government owns...
by Cliff Vaughn | Oct 8, 2008 | Opinion
The case of Sarah Palin is extraordinary in the history of American politics, even as it seems entirely ordinary in the history of American women. The case of Sarah Palin is extraordinary in the history of American politics, even as it seems entirely ordinary in the...
by Cliff Vaughn | Oct 8, 2008 | Opinion
The case of Sarah Palin is extraordinary in the history of American politics, even as it seems entirely ordinary in the history of American women. The case of Sarah Palin is extraordinary in the history of American politics, even as it seems entirely ordinary in the...
by Dwight A. Moody | Oct 8, 2008 | Opinion
I feel it in my bones. Now that the economists, the stock brokers and the bankers are losing fortunes and losing faith we are all paying attention. Not to the things we normally do in the most pleasant month of the year: baseball playoffs and political campaigns and...