by Cliff Vaughn | Mar 5, 2004 | Opinion
Why did Judas Iscariot betray Jesus Christ? Many will of course say the betrayal was divinely ordained, and they’ll leave it at that. They won’t seek to understand historical context or human motive. Not so with ABC’s upcoming movie...
by Jan Turrentine | Mar 5, 2004 | Opinion
When I was about 4 years old, my father’s company transferred him from Louisiana to Ohio. I don’t remember much about that transition, except that it ultimately didn’t happen. Instead of accepting the job transfer, my parents chose to start a new...
by Mike Parnell | Mar 3, 2004 | Opinion
Most people who know of the story of Jesus wonder what he did between his birth and his baptism. The four Gospels of the New Testament give few hints. About the only story we get comes from Luke, who writes of a 12-year-old Jesus talking in the temple. Chosen, by Mark...
by Cliff Vaughn | Mar 3, 2004 | Opinion
Before the first frame of the movie ever came up, a couple on the theater’s back row was making sure tissues would be handy. Sure enough, before Jesus made it out of the Garden of Gethsemane—the opening sequence of “The Passion of the Christ”—those...
by Tarris D. Rosell | Mar 3, 2004 | Opinion
Like everyone else, and Christians especially, “The Passion of the Christ” is overwhelming me. Actually, I haven’t yet seen the film, but I am feeling pummeled by daily e-mails from family and others, all urging me to go and see Mel Gibson’s...
by Jeff Woods | Mar 2, 2004 | Opinion
The American Baptist Churches, U.S.A., are currently involved in a project called, “Seek It–Finding God’s Way for a New Day” for the purpose of developing an over-arching vision for the denomination. The tool being used to accomplish this task...
