by Jan Turrentine | May 14, 2004 | Opinion
As a 3-year-old picking cotton alongside her mother in south Louisiana, Sherian Cadoria learned to remove the seeds from each boll, because clean cotton sold for more. And she learned to do it right. When Mrs. Cadoria had to work, she had no choice but to send the...
by Dwain Walden | May 13, 2004 | Opinion
What’s that old expression? “Here we go again!” I’m routinely amused and sometimes saddened by the antics of some of my fellow Southern Baptists. With every Southern Baptist Convention, I think that the absurdities and embarrassments have about...
by James L. Evans | May 12, 2004 | Opinion
Mel Gibson’s movie “The Passion of the Christ” continues to set box office records. Hyped as one of the most powerful evangelistic tools ever made, a big chunk of Gibson’s earnings are the direct result of church activity. Congregations across...
by Mike Parnell | May 12, 2004 | Opinion
There was a time when most TV stations ran old monster movies. Usually on a Saturday night, kids would stay up late to see Bela Lugosi’s Dracula, Boris Karloff’s Frankenstein and Lon Chaney’s Wolfman. These old movies had thrills and chills, and we...
by Glen Stassen | May 11, 2004 | Opinion
The 9/11 Commission will continue to focus on intelligence failures. But the American people should also be asking whether foreign policy mistakes were made–and whether the cooperative pursuit of justice could prevent future terrorist attacks. I believe it...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | May 10, 2004 | Opinion
According to Gen. Tommy Franks of the U.S. Central Command in Iraq, “We don’t do body counts.” But because God cares when even a sparrow falls, God counts bodies. If Jesus’ purpose for coming was to provide an abundant life (Jn 10:10), then...
