by Tyler Wigg Stevenson | Oct 22, 2007 | Opinion
When Jesus uses the word Mammon, he gives it a nearly demonic connotation–or at least a spiritual connotation distinct from simply “cash”–that sets it up as an alternative to God in a way that Caesar, for example, doesn’t have to be. When...
by John D. Pierce | Oct 20, 2007 | Opinion
A beautiful, new boutique hotel called The Ellis on Peachtree has just opened in downtown Atlanta, across from the Ritz Carlton. I recall walking along famous Peachtree Street in 1994 and noticing a newly erected historical marker in front of the empty building that...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Oct 19, 2007 | Opinion
While driving to work on Thursday, my pre-dawn progress came to a standstill in a foggy bottom just south of a one-stop-light town not known for its traffic jams.The fog and the darkness apparently contributed to a fender-bender, after which both drivers decided to...
by Robert Parham | Oct 19, 2007 | Opinion
Unless presidential candidates want a spiritual smack down, they should avoid talking to Southern Baptist Convention president Frank Page, who failed to retain the pastoral confidentiality of two conversations and then boasted to other pastors about his soul-winning...
by John D. Pierce | Oct 18, 2007 | Opinion
An updated and expanded version of Mary Kinney Branson’s Spending God’s Money: Extravagance and Misuse in the Name of Ministry is out this month. Originally published in January 2007, the book details the freewheeling spending of Bob Reccord, former president of the...
by Charles C. Haynes | Oct 18, 2007 | Opinion
When it comes to the desired degree of religiosity in presidential candidates, most voters are like Goldilocks tasting bowls of porridge: Not too hot, not too cold, but just right. Of course, what is “just right” in one political cycle may not be in...
