by Robert Parham | May 28, 2008 | Opinion
Payday lenders are like McDonald’s and dry cleaners–good businesses that want good locations to provide ready accessibility to customers who need good financial services. Payday lenders offer a popular product in economically tough times for which...
by John D. Pierce | May 27, 2008 | Opinion
A mere 30 years ago tomorrow, I was seated — alphabetically between Terri Pickelsimer and Pam Pinyan — in a folding chair on the spacious lawn of the Berry College Chapel.Then-U.S. Attorney General Griffin Bell gave the graduation address. And, more importantly,...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | May 27, 2008 | Opinion
Family values have arisen as battle cry among Christians, specifically conservative Christians. During past presidential elections, family values were indicated as being a decisive factor for the electorate in arriving at the decision for whom to cast a vote. Without...
by Robert Parham | May 27, 2008 | Opinion
Don’t miss the Baptist Center for Ethics’ luncheon in Memphis on Thursday, June 19, at the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship’s annual gathering. You will hear a Methodist law-school professor who rocked Alabama’s faith community out of its moral...
by Tony W. Cartledge | May 26, 2008 | Opinion
Any Christian with a conscience has to ask the question every now and then: am I really serious about serving Christ by serving others? Am I afraid even to “talk the talk,” for fear I’ll be reminded that I’m not walking the walk?I was reminded...
by Drew Smith | May 26, 2008 | Opinion
Perhaps it’s who I am, but when I sit in church trying to follow the sermon, I am often stunned by the blandness of many Sunday-morning homilies. By using the term blandness, I don’t mean the lack of excitement and passion, although this is important. By...
