by Cliff Vaughn | Jan 18, 2008 | Opinion
The Camp David Accords matter to the film because almost 30 years later Carter is still embroiled in the issue of Middle East peace. This man from Plains—who reads his Bible each night and tells visitors to his church that “you don’t have to believe about...
by John D. Pierce | Jan 17, 2008 | Opinion
The Bridges family of Kings Mountain, N.C., visits us between Christmas and New Year’s. It’s a tradition all of us enjoy, and one that counters the usual post-Christmas downer.Moms and the younger ones go shopping. Dads and older offspring take a day-long excursion...
by James L. Evans | Jan 17, 2008 | Opinion
Amidst the intense campaigning for the presidency of the United States, there is a smaller yet significant campaign of another type taking shape–the campaign for president of the Southern Baptist Convention. The SBC meets annually in convention in different...
by Mark Johnson | Jan 17, 2008 | Opinion
Polite conversation encourages the avoidance of discussing religion and politics. It is for good reason. In the history of the world, more blood has been shed and more lives have been lost by the way these forces have conspired together, short of any other factor...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jan 16, 2008 | Opinion
It should come as no surprise that we tend to perceive things that cost more to be of higher quality, even when they’re not.A researcher at the California Institute of Technology recently demonstrated that the fineness of wine is largely in the mind: test...
by Drew Smith | Jan 16, 2008 | Opinion
On May 14, 1948, the modern State of Israel declared its sovereignty as an independent state and a home for the Jewish people. That action opened a floodgate of violence that continues to this day, and it created a human catastrophe as nearly a million Palestinians...
