by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 18, 2008 | Opinion
The Olympic Games were an invention of the ancient Greeks, right? Perhaps you’ve read that the oldest games we know about were held in Olympia in 776 B.C.Au contraire, says David Chibo, who recently posted an analysis of five ancient epics about the semi-divine...
by Robert Parham | Aug 18, 2008 | Opinion
Mega-church pastor Rick Warren has flipped from being a cheerleader for President Bush in the fall of 2004 to claiming neutrality in the 2008 presidential election. His twist is accompanied by a widespread claim that he now has a broader moral agenda. But discerning...
by Chuck Warnock | Aug 18, 2008 | Opinion
The verdict is in the Victoria Osteen case. A jury of her peers (I assume all wives of wavy-haired televangelists) deliberated two hours before finding her not guilty. So, the Osteens’ three-year legal nightmare has come to an end. However, if they had asked me...
by Richard Pierard | Aug 18, 2008 | Opinion
As a long-time student of civil religion (I co-authored a book in 1988 entitled “Civil Religion and the Presidency” that the publisher quickly took out of print because the evangelical audience to which it was directed was [and still is] unwilling to face...
by John D. Pierce | Aug 17, 2008 | Opinion
Every time a preacher gains national prominence someone applies the tag of “the next Billy Graham.” In my memory, it was Southern Baptist-turned-Pentecostal TV preacher James Robison whom I first heard identified in that way — but there have been...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 15, 2008 | Opinion
The Religion News Service is reporting that Thomas Nelson, a major player in the Christian publishing business, has announced the fall release of a chronological study Bible. It’s the brainchild of Bob Sanford, head of Nelson’s Bible publishing division....
