by Mark Johnson | Jun 5, 2008 | Opinion
I’m sitting at my desk eating a free lunch and trying to catch up on the news from an international food summit currently taking place in Rome. It is being sponsored by the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization. Pope Benedict told delegates that hunger and...
by Don Wilkey | Jun 5, 2008 | Opinion
Having recently read Matt Taibbi’s book about John Hagee’s church, I was startled to read of what passes for phophetic language. The conspiracy theory about Al Gore working secretly with global warming folks to take over the Unites States stayed with me. I...
by John D. Pierce | Jun 4, 2008 | Opinion
Longtime Baptist campus minister Marshall Kerlin is a man of numbers. On July 31 he will turn 56 years old. Add to that 29 years with the Georgia Baptist Convention and he qualifies for retirement benefits.So on Aug. 1, in the words of former Braves announcer Ernie...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jun 4, 2008 | Opinion
Somewhere in the neighborhood of 4,000 churches are counted as members of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina (BSC). The level of commitment to the BSC varies among the churches and shifts with the changing currents of BSC life.Though some move along on the...
by Dwight Stinnett | Jun 4, 2008 | Opinion
At least 20,000 African-American men packed the streets of St. Louis on the first Sunday in June, marching one of the historic Annie Malone May Day Parade routes through “The Ville” and ending in Tandy Park. The participation exceeded the dream of Dr. F....
by Drew Smith | Jun 4, 2008 | Opinion
We are in the middle of a very serious epidemic in this country. No, the Centers for Disease Control have not issued any warnings, and doctors and healthcare professionals have not reported any outbreak of disease or plague. But the epidemic we face is real, powerful...
