by Ron Sisk | Oct 20, 2004 | Opinion
“Did you hear what happened at First Church? They have a new pastor coming in, so all the staff has had to resign!” Once upon a time custom in many churches dictated that the staff served at the pleasure of the senior pastor. Most churches have come to...
by Michael Helms | Oct 20, 2004 | Opinion
Were it not for a slip of the tongue, Dale Earnhardt Jr. would be trailing Kurt Busch by only four points in the Nextel Cup standings, the coveted prize in the sport of stock car racing. Two weeks ago Earnhardt was given a $10,000 fine for a four-letter word he let...
by Karen Johnson Zurheide | Oct 19, 2004 | Opinion
Passing values and desired behaviors on to our children is at once a mystery and a very simple thing. It is mysterious, in that we can do everything in our power to mold and shape a child, only for the “result” to turn out as opposite as possible from our...
by Robert Parham | Oct 19, 2004 | Opinion
UNITED NATIONS–A gray-haired South African of modest stature used one of the shortest verses in one of the smallest books in the Bible to call for political activism among Christians for the sake of the poor. “Acting together, Christians can play a vital...
by Gary Farley | Oct 19, 2004 | Opinion
The weekly pastor’s prayer breakfast is a wondrous thing to me. On a recent Tuesday, 13 gathered for a breakfast of biscuits, sausage and ham, gravy, jellies and peach fried pies. Good. Good. Good. After some good-natured ribbing of the associational moderator...
by Cliff Vaughn | Oct 18, 2004 | Opinion
It’s hard to know where to start and what to say about “Team America: World Police.” This movie-going experience is quite like no other, though reasons for that range from its clever production to its unbelievably crude humor. “Team...
