by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 13, 2007 | Opinion
On Sunday, members of First Baptist Church in Dallas confirmed earlier speculation by calling Robert Jeffress to become the church’s new pastor. Jeffress is the fourth pastor chosen in hopes of finding a long-lived successor to the legendary W. A. Criswell, who...
by Mike Parnell | Aug 13, 2007 | Opinion
When was the last time a movie had the catalyst for its story set in church? The last one I remember is “The Blues Brothers” in 1980. “The Simpsons Movie,” now playing, really begins its story in the midst of a church service, and what happens...
by Robert Parham | Aug 13, 2007 | Opinion
Belmont United Methodist Church in Nashville, Tenn., has a large, simple green sign with white letters facing a well-traveled street: “A Call to Your Conscience: SaveDarfur.org.” A large postcard with the call to conscience message sits under a magnet on a...
by James L. Evans | Aug 13, 2007 | Opinion
I’ve never met Brent Beasley, senior pastor at Second Baptist Church in Memphis, Tenn., but I have become a huge fan. In a recent column at Ethicsdaily.com, Beasley asks the question, “Why are Christians so prone to fear?” He goes on to point out...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 11, 2007 | Opinion
The August 13 issue of Newsweek magazine carries an impressive story about the length to which well-paid spin-meisters will go to deny the overwhelming scientific consensus that global warming is a real and present danger to the earth and its inhabitants, and getting...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 10, 2007 | Opinion
After more than two decades of waiting, teacher Barbara Morgan is orbiting the earth, getting accustomed to zero gravity and preparing to conduct three live classes as part of NASA’s troubled teachers in space program. The program has been troubled, not because...
