by Tony W. Cartledge | Dec 13, 2007 | Opinion
Thinking back through the news of the past year, a small and largely overlooked event offered to believers a gift that’s worth celebrating.It all has to do with a gift from a certain Babylonian named Nebo-Sarsekim, who was not one of the wise men. He offered...
by John D. Pierce | Dec 13, 2007 | Opinion
On the heels of the tragic shooting of young mission trainees and churchgoers in Colorado last Sunday,Family Research Council president Tony Perkins (in photo) blamed some in the secular press for creating such hostility toward Christians. His inappropriate (and...
by James L. Evans | Dec 13, 2007 | Opinion
This Christmas season has been tragically scarred by a series of senseless violent acts. Shopping malls and churches are the latest venues for troubled individuals to take out their frustrations on the innocent. Individuals who commit such acts are almost always...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Dec 12, 2007 | Opinion
I tend to avoid politics, but couldn’t help but take note of Republican Mike Huckabee’s recent rise in the polls, which has brought the same sort of media spotlight to his background as a Southern Baptist pastor that Mitt Romney has had to endure with...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Dec 12, 2007 | Opinion
Woman’s Missionary Union of North Carolina (WMU-NC) has yet to leave the building, but the Baptist State Convention’s (BSCNC) executive committee has already voted to establish a task force to explore the development of a new women’s...
by Larry McSwain | Dec 12, 2007 | Opinion
Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) dropped a bomb on a small segment of the church world in the United States on Nov. 6. But it has the potential of creating shock waves that may have long-term effects for many congregations in church-state relations, financial...
