by Scott Stearman | Oct 7, 2006 | Opinion
I’d like to direct this to American Muslims: Dear Friends of Faith, One of my Baptist brethren says you are busy plotting the takeover of America, but I hope you’ll pause in your preparations for a moment to read these words from a fellow faith child of...
by Christa Brown | Oct 6, 2006 | Opinion
“The fact is any cleric–Catholic or Protestant–who molests a child to satisfy his own dark urges should be immediately dismissed and severely punished. Period. However, church leaders have gone blind to their responsibilities.” Jerry Falwell...
by Laura Seay | Oct 6, 2006 | Opinion
My mom and I talked a little about immigration while I was home. It’s a huge issue in Tennessee politics right now, and all the politicians are running ads showing themselves defending Tennessee’s borders from undocumented workers’ perceived threat...
by James L. Evans | Oct 5, 2006 | Opinion
Nothing captures America’s sense of longing for a simpler time quite like the idea of a one-room school house. That is at least part of the reason why the horror that took place this past week at an Amish school in Pennsylvania was so devastating. The murder of...
by Cliff Vaughn | Oct 5, 2006 | Opinion
In NBC’s new drama “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip,” virtually every hot-button political and religious issue earns an argument, joke or soapbox in this fast-paced tale set amid high-stakes TV production. “Studio 60” comes from Aaron...
by Joe Phelps | Oct 4, 2006 | Opinion
I was a guest panelist five years ago at a Southern Baptist Seminary symposium on Christianity and the new war in Iraq. In an otherwise somber discussion I got the single laugh of the evening when I quipped: “You see, I’m much more conservative than my...
