by John D. Pierce | Jul 15, 2008 | Opinion
The Board of Directors of Baptists Today met in Birmingham in the spring of 2007 to present the annual Judson-Rice Award to Prof. Wayne Flynt for his positive impact on the State of Alabama. Arriving the night before the meeting, director Allen Abbott and I watched a...
by Jenny Pope | Jul 15, 2008 | Opinion
I’m 26 years old and I have, thankfully, already passed through my quarter life crisis.Unlike the mid-life crisis, which usually results in a new motorcycle, a bad hair-do and erratic decisions, the quarter-life crisis is the time when 20-somethings realize one...
by Keith Herron | Jul 15, 2008 | Opinion
Like everyone else, I daily receive forwarded e-mail messages from friends and acquaintances. Whenever it says at the bottom, “Pass this along to 10 of your friends and keep this message alive,” I immediately determine I will not pass it along, no matter...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 14, 2008 | Opinion
Every month has something good going for it, and when I think of July, homegrown tomatoes sit at the top of the list. You can slice and dice and spice your way all the way up to the Food Network, but as a culinary masterpiece, few things can match a simple one-slice...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 14, 2008 | Opinion
Despite a sinking (some might say stinking) economy, sales of lottery tickets are up in North Carolina. While listening to North Carolina Public Radio, I heard chief hustler Tom Shaheen credit the improved sales to the bigger prizes being offered. He didn’t...
by Marie Fortune | Jul 14, 2008 | Opinion
Bruce Ware, professor of Christian theology at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., actually does know why husbands abuse their wives. But he is confused and just doesn’t realize that he knows: “And husbands on their parts, because...
