by Michael Ruffin | Nov 6, 2007 | Opinion
A story that appeared recently in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution set me to thinking about the ethics of attending church as a “seeker.” It seems that a couple was involved in an automobile accident in Henry County, Ga., which is just south of Atlanta....
by John McKinnon | Nov 5, 2007 | Opinion
Economics is like a game of musical chairs. There are not enough chairs in the world for everyone to have as many as they would like. But rather than play music and race to the nearest chair, we have an auction, and those with the most money buy their chairs while...
by John D. Pierce | Nov 3, 2007 | Opinion
The big news out of the Missouri Baptist Convention meeting last week was a major loosening of the stranglehold fundamentalist layman Roger Moran has had on the convention. Moran, the master of guilt by association, has used his Missouri Baptist Laymen’s...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Nov 2, 2007 | Opinion
Hollywood’s television writers seem serious about going on strike for higher pay, leaving many viewers to wonder when new episodes of “Lost” and “Desperate Housewives” will run out.Boo hoo.It’s not that I don’t have some...
by James L. Evans | Nov 2, 2007 | Opinion
Fear is a great motivator. Nothing gets folks moving like a good jolt to the adrenal system. Marketing gurus understand this very well. That’s why so much of what we are offered for consumption, from mouthwash to politics, is wrapped in fear. And let’s be...
by John D. Pierce | Nov 1, 2007 | Opinion
Eighty-year-old country singer Porter Wagoner died last Sunday, Oct.28. Though he performed on the Grand Old Opry for decades and had 29 top-ten records, Wagoner never achieved the star status of others like Hank Williams, Johnny Cash and George Jones.In fact, he was...
